History test Flashcards
Age of exploration(motivations)
- Reformation- personal relationship-with god not church-challenging things.
- Renaissance- rebirth of Europe
-Humansim/individualism.
New Technology
-shipbuilding,navigation tools- astrolabe, sextant, caravel
Portugal
-First established European country
- Prince Henry the navigator
- colonization put Portugal on map.
-wanted to go to India to get spices
Vasco de gama
- came up with idea to only deal with Portugal
-monopoly= control every option in an industry
- Ferdinand Magellan
- came up with circumnavigation
Spain
-jealous of Portugal
- gets involved in game
- Columbus abused rights
- Paid for him to go over there
- coconuts, tobacco, corn and potatoes
-thrilled with unknown resources
-Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro(1520)
France
-French did not colonize Canada-bad resources
- make there way down to U.S
- Hits Appalachian Mountains
-Spain is gonna notice
-created relationship with natives
-brought weapons for natives
shows loyalty
marry off
- got wealthy over beaver pelt
-shipped it to Europe
- told Natives to leave them alone eventually
Britain
-13 colonies
- big player in American revolution
Vikings
-1000 AD
-believe earth is so flat
-coming to concur
-Plunder- go through and take
- small journeys.
-concur, take, and leave