European Colonialsim

Question 1

Age of Discovery

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European explorers made long voyages in search of gold, silver, spices, & other sources of wealth

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Age of Discovery

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Sought to spread Christianity & Map the world

Question 3

Middle Ages

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spices form Southeast Asia had reached Europe through Chinese, Indian, & Arab traders

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Spices

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Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, & mace were used to flavor food, preserve meat, & to make perfumes and medicines

Question 5

Spices

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Some spices were worth more than gold

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Early 1500’s

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Portuguese Navigators discovered they could reach India & Southeast Asia by sailing around the Southern tip (bottom) of Africa

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Year 1511

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Portuguese conquered Malacca & discovered sources of cloves, nutmeg, & mace

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Maluku & the Banda Islands

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known as the Spice Islands

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European Powers

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sought alternate routes that would allow them to profit from spice trade

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Ferdinand Magellan

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commanded 5 Spanish ships that reached the Philippines by sailing across the Pacific Ocean from Mexico

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Phillipines

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Became a Spanish colony

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1600’s

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Holland (today is Netherlands) jumped into spice trade

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Dutch

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charted a new route to the spice islands because the Portuguese controlled the Strait of Malacca

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Dutch (continued)

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By Middle Ages, they replaced the Portuguese as the dominant trading power

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Colonial Rule

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1800’s

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1800’s & early 1900’s

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European Countries gained control over other part of Southeast Asia

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Burma & Malaysia

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became colonies of Great Britain

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Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia

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became colonies of France

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Tin & Coal mines

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European countries added to spice trade by building factories to process these raw materials

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Plantations were established

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these were for tea, coffee, tobacco, & rubber trees

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Thailand (Siam)

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Only state in Southeast Asia that Europeans did NOT colonize

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Thailand (Siam)

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ruled by absolute monarchy from mid-1300’s until 1932 when the British declared war there. Siams leaders agreed to allow free trade with Great Britain (British), & other Western countries. This allowed Thailand to remain independent (was not colonized).

Question 23

Definition

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a country installing a settlement of its people on foreign land

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1100 BCs

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Phoenicia - began colonizing - sailed all over Mediterranean Sea and would establish little towns and countries

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264 BC

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Rome - Sent Romans to live in many different places (ex. Africa, Middle East)

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1400

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Portugal - Very Aggressive colonists & one of the most powerful. Sailed across Atlantic Ocean

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1500s

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Spain gets very aggressive in sailing across the Atlantic Ocean - People in Mexico are mostly descendants of Spain

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1600s

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Europeans - begin to colonize North America (where we live in the United States of America U.S.A.)