european colonialism

Question 1

mediterranean atlantic

Answer 1

-portugal was center of atlantic exploration

Question 2

madeira islands

Answer 2

-sugar plantations where muslim and jewish slaves from ibera worked

-first time a plantation economy was set up
–outside power came in and set up an economy to export things made with slave labor

Question 3

ferdinand van olmen

Answer 3

-royal license to travel

-tried to go to the americas. failed.

Question 4

bartolomeo marchionni

Answer 4

-royal license to trade slaves

-controlled part of slave trade

-purchased own slaves, had a sugar plantation

-first ship to enslave africans was his

-owned ships that vasco de gama and pedro alvers cabral (accidentally found south america) used

Question 5

la isabella

Answer 5

-colonization

-columbus wanted feitories (factories)

-first european cities in the americas. only lasted couple years

-columbus’ settlers were frustrated bc taino’s wouldn’t trade w them
–captured, enslaved, assaulted, killed them

-columbus was kicked out and told never to return

Question 6

early exploration

Answer 6

-northeast trades/westerlies

-azores (wheat, livestock)

-madeiras (sugar, plantation economy)

-canaries (guanache)

Question 7

castile & portugal

Answer 7

-castile captured last muslim kingdom in iberia

-portugal explored overseas while castile explored on land

-portugal in africa
–portuguese rushed to africa, africans didn’t want them. told them to stay on the coast and pay rent

Question 8

canary islands

Answer 8

-taken over by europeans, survivors enslaved

Question 9

são tomé

Answer 9

-first plantation colony to rely on enslaved subsaharn africans