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Europeans Reach the Americas

Europeans Reach the Americas. Columbus. Sailed West looking for route to Asia 1492 Landed in the Bahamas Gave natives the name Indians (thought he was in Asia). Impact of Columbus Voyage. Conflict- between Spain and Portugal (both wanted to add lands to their growing empire)

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Europeans Reach the Americas

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  1. Europeans Reach the Americas

  2. Columbus • Sailed West looking for route to Asia 1492 • Landed in the Bahamas • Gave natives the name Indians (thought he was in Asia)

  3. Impact of Columbus Voyage • Conflict- between Spain and Portugal (both wanted to add lands to their growing empire) • Pope Alexander VI (a Spaniard) issued the Line of Demarcation. • Imaginary line- dividing the Atlantic Ocean- west of the line for Spain/ east for Portugal • Portugal complained- Treaty of Tordesillas- was signed this moved the line 800 miles kept a war from happening.

  4. Columbian Exchange

  5. Vasco da Gama • Landed in India in 1498. • Important trade route from Europe to India and East Indies.

  6. Vasco da Gama

  7. Age of Exploration Explorers Columbian Exchange Introduced new diseases to Natives Natives began to use horses and farm products like barley A trade exchange developed, Known as the TRIANGULAR TRADE • Magellan- around the world • Amerigo Vespucci- new world named after. • De Balboa- crossed South America and saw the Pacific Ocean

  8. Triangular Trade • System of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. • Stage 1: Raw materials to Europe (tobacco, rum, sugar) • Stage 2: Manufactured goods to Africa (guns, cloth, rum) • Stage 3: Slaves to the Americas to make raw materials.

  9. Triangular Trade

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