Late 15th C. Spain became united and due to the fact that the Portuguese controlled trade routes in Africa and Asia they looked west. Christopher Columbus, exploring in the name of Spain, discovered the Bahamas in 1492. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) divided SA land between Spain and Portugal. Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean while Magellan circumnavigated the globe. Leon explored Florida and Coronado explored Arizona and New Mexico.
Breen’s essay “World of Goods in the Northern Colonies,” he states “that colonial Americans were increasingly concerned with becoming part of an empire of goods in the eighteenth century.” Colonial consumerism changed immigrant’s image of the colonies from a spiritual journey to an economically prosperous journey. The trading relationship between Britain and her colonies enriched British merchants and manufacturers, contributing to the growing colonies overall wealth. New England's rocky soil made farming extremely difficult. In contrast, the Atlantic Ocean offered many economic opportunities. New England’s coast contained some of the best fishing grounds in the world which made fish such as mackerel, cod, and halibut a valuable commodity for exchange with Britain.
The Dutch turned their colonies over to Britain after the _________armies occupied the ___________________. 37. ________________________ was initially important to the British because it was a supply station for the lengthy India route. 38. The migration of ___________________ from British-ruled Cape Colony for fertile land in the north is called the ___________ __________.
The story of this battle goes back to the early journeys of French and English explorers into the new land and world of North America. England’s first exploration of the new world, North America, happened in 1497 by an explorer named John Cabot. He landed in Canada in present day Newfoundland in hope to find a “northwest passage” though North America to Japan and China for the trade of their tea, spices, and silk. Although he was unsuccessful, he sparked lots of interest in the English that had followed him. One famous settler that he sparked interest in was Captain John Smith.
Question 1: Cite the major European powers contending for control of the "New World" between 1588 and 1763. What factors explains which nation ended up dominating North America in the 18th century. When the new world was first discovered by then Spanish mariner Christopher Columbus in 1492 he is responsible for opening the gate way to the Americas. Soon after which started a mad dash of the European civilizations, of who would be first to colonize the new world. The major European powers contending for the new world were Spain, France, and Great Britain.
The Native Americans had managed to establish a way of life and had found a way to survive in their new found land and homes, but with the arrival of the Europeans and the white man into their lands and their endless for expansion, soon changed all of this. The first contacts were relatively peaceful and both sides found a common ground, trade. The establishment of the fur trade drastically changed the Natives lives. The beaver and fur trade established great commerce and trade with the Natives. The fur trade was one of the earliest and most important industries in North America.
Nolan Culhane 8/25/14 Miller 2nd Chesapeake vs. New England regions After Queen Elizabeth’s sea dogs had plundered much of the Spanish Armanda, England was firmly established as a naval power in the North Atlantic. Her successor, James I, sought to end the exhausting conflict and made a peace treaty with Spain in 1604. England was unified and in the search of fresh land because of a surplus population, thirst for adventure, and desire for religious freedom. Englishmen of the same ethnicity settled on the east coast of North America. However, the Chesapeake and New England regions were different economically, socially, and politically.
Christopher Columbus was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. His historical findings changed our scientific understanding of the natural world. We acknowledge the spherical Earth, the use of the trade winds, and new plant and animal life he introduced to the “New World.” During his lifetime, Columbus led a total of four expeditions to the New World discovering many of the Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South and Central America main lands. On October 12, 1492, after a thirty-three-day voyage from the Canary Islands, Columbus landed in San Salvador in the eastern Bahamas. He thought San Salvador was
Prior to nearly halfway through the 19th century, what is known as Canada today was merely a collection of territories owned by European colonizers. The area along the Atlantic coast and the St. Lawrence was first colonized by the French but was later taken over by the British. The presence of French speaking colonizers, then English colonizers, combined with Canada's native colonies made multiculturalism a prominent feature of early Canadian way of life. The diversity that grew from Canada's multiple languages, cultures, and religions, caused a spur of conflict in Canada prior to confederation. Most importantly, the north-south rebellions of 1837 posed a threat to the diverse Canadian culture as external factors tried to impose their influence
These spices were of economical importance as it was too expensive to feed animals through long winters and was more cost effective to slaughter and preserve the meat over the winter months. The most lucrative trade in the straits was the 'Blue Water Trade' - collecting and distributing spices, porcelain, tea and silk to be sent to Europe through the Middle East and Venice. Pires, a Portuguese apothecary and diplomat who came to Malacca in 1512 wrote, 'whoever is Lord of Malacca has his hand