Chapter 5 September 29th - October 7th
Test October 10th (tentativley)
Homework
Chapter 5 Survey due Sept. 29th
Chapter Fill in the Blanks due Oct. 3rd
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
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-charter
-colonize
-colony
-corporate colony
-Far East
-friar
-garrison
-guale
-Huguenots
-Indies
-joint-stock colony
-La Florida
-Line of Demarcation
-mercantilism
-missions
-Mocama
-New World
-Pilgrims
-Proprietary colony
-Puritans
-royal colony
CHAPTER 5 POWER POINT NOTES
The Age of Discovery
2 Column Notes for Chapter 5
Age of Discovery
Found new continents
15th century
Lasted almost three centuries
Why it began
Believed only three continents: Europe, Africa, Asia
Interested in Far East: India, China, Japan
Why it began
Interested in trading: silk, spices, tea, gems
Needed direct access to Indies
Muslims controlled routes
Christopher Columbus
Financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
Boats: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
October 12, 1492 landed on San Salvador
Christopher Columbus
Believed he reached Indies
Found no silk, spices, or riches
Four explorations total
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian businessman
Called it a “New World”
Swiss mapmaker named the continent “America” after him
Spain vs. Portugal
Both looking for Indies access
Concerned about shipping lanes
Both countries were catholic
Spain vs. Portugal
Pope Alexander VI issued a decree in 1493 dividing New World
Line of Demarcation east of line to Portugal and west of line to Spain
Spain vs. Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas –
Moved the line west
Protected Portuguese shipping lanes
No new land to Portugal – only Brazil
English Claims on the New World
Ignored Pope’s decree
Ignored Treaty of Tordesillas
(John Cabot) Sailed to Northeast coast of America
English Claims on the New World
2nd time as far south as North Florida
Spain claimed right of 1st discovery
English Claims on the New World
England said claims must be followed by occupation – colonize
No one needed Native American permission
Spain to the Southeast
God, Glory and Gold
convert natives, expand empire, find riches
Ponce de Leon (Spain) – 1st Spaniard to set foot on North American soil
Spain to the Southeast
Looking for Fountain of Youth
Ponce was killed by hostile Indians
1st Settlement in North America
Ayllon set out with 600 people
Goal was to settle land
Settled near McIntosh County, Georgia
Landed in late September
1st Settlement in North America
Early cold, sickness, no food
Slaves rebelled
Indians attacked
150 survived
Unsuccessful settlement
Hernando de Soto
Explore for riches to conquer Indians
Explores Southeast for 4 years
Marched all over the SE
Half died from disease, exposure, Indian attacks
Hernando de Soto
Introduced Natives to diseases:
Measles, chicken pox, small pox
No resistance
90% Native population died
French claims in the SE
Jean Ribault & 150 Huguenots in 1526
Huguenots - Religious group (Protestant)
built 1st fort on NA - Charles Fort
left due to famine and hardship
French claims in the SE
built Fort Caroline 2 yrs later
Spain owned Florida
Menendez and soldiers captured Fort Caroline
Huguenots were executed
Spanish Settlements
Menendez founded St. Augustine
Spain built Catholic Missions
Friars worked the missions
Missions built by Indian villages
England Comes To NA
King James I established colonies
1st permanent - James Town
English Mercantilism
Trade policy
Goals - Self-sufficient, wealth
Sell more to others than buy
Not enough raw materials
needed colonies
English Reasons to Colonize
Mercantilism
Home for poor
Home for religious groups
Types of Colonies
Corporate colony
Proprietary colony
Royal colony
Corporate Colony
King grants land to a company
company sells stock to raise $
company pays cost to colonize
profits pay back investors
Virginia - England’s 1st colony
Proprietary Colony
King issues a charter to a group or person
Owner has full rights to govern and distribute land
Pennsylvania, established for the Quakers
Royal Colony
Run by the English government
King appointed a Royal Governor
No colony started out this way but most became Royal colonies eventually
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