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Chapter 14: Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800)
I. On the Brink of a New World
A. Motives for European Exploration
1. Fascination with the East
2. Economic motives of precious metals and trade
3. Christianity
B. Knowledge and Technology
1. geography
2. navigational techniques and knowledge of wind patterns
II. New Horizons: Portuguese and Spanish Empires
A. The Portuguese Maritime Empire
1. Prince Henry, the Navigator
2. Bartholomew Dias around the Cape
3. Vasco da Gama to India
4. to China and the Spice Islands
B. Voyages to the New World
1. Christopher Columbus
2. John Cabot
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. Vasco Balboa
5. Ferdinand Magellan
6. Treaty of Tordesillas
C. Spanish Empire in the New World
1. The early civilizations in Mesoamerica
2. The Spanish conquistadors
a. Hernan Cortes and the conquest of the Aztecs of Mexico
b. Francisco Pizarro and the conquest of the Incas of Peru
3. Administration
a. Spanish policy
1. encomienda system
2. Spanish protects of system: Bartolome de Las Casa
3. The viceroys
III. New Rivals on the World Stage: the Dutch, British, and French
A. African slave trade
1. Portuguese and the Dutch
2. Economic motives
3. Growth of the trade: the triangular trade & the Middle Passage
4. Human costs; economic profits and costs; political effects
B. The West in Southeast Asia
1. foreign and native interaction
C. The French and British in India
1. British success
D. China
1. The Ming and Qing Dynasties
2. Western Inroads
a. relations with the English
E. Japan
1. relations with the West
F. Americas
1. West Indies
2. North America
a. The Dutch
b. The English
1. relationship with the early American colonies
a. The French
1. focus on trading, exploring, evangelizing
2. affects of treaties: Utrecht (1713); Seven Years' War (1763)
IV. Toward a World Economy
A. The Price Revolution
B. Growth of Commercial Capitalism
1. An integrated market
2. The joint-stock company
3. Banking
4. Agriculture
C. Mercantilism
D. Overseas Trade and Colonies: Movement Toward Globalization
V. Impact of European Expansion
A. The conquered
1. effects of peoples and environment
2. Catholic Missionaries
a. The efforts of the Jesuits
B. The Conquerors
1. social affects
2. economic affects
3. The Columbian Exchange
4. Affects on European rivalries
5. A new view of the world
Document Exercise: The Portuguese Conquest of Malacca; Columbus lands in the New World; The Spanish Conquistador: Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico; West Meets East: An Exchange of Royal Letters. How do these documents reflect a European point of view? In other words, how do each of these documents highlight, generally, European goals and objectives?
Reading Guide for chapter 14 (sort of long, but here goes)
Motives for European exploration?
Significance of Prince Henry "the Navigator"?
Significance of other explorers including Cortes; Megellan; Balboa; Diaz; Vespucci; Cabot?
Results of European expansion and exploration?
Know: Treaty of Tordesilla; encomienda system; the work of Bartolome de las Casas
Why did the trade in African slaves increase during early 16th century?
What was the triangular trade; its effects on slavery and the slave trade?
What were the ultimate effects of European contact on Southeast Asia, India, and China, and Japan including the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English and the French? How were the British the most successful in the SE Asia and India?
What was the French and British experience in North America?; what role did the Seven Years' War play?
What were the economic consequences of this period of exploration and conquest?
What is the connection between mercantilism and European expansion?
What were the effects of European expansion on those who were conquered and those who did the conquering including relationships between countries, geographical knowledge of the world; and even psychology?