7. The motives behind European exploration were to find large supplies of gold, silver, and jewels. 8.Europeans owed some of their sailing technology to people because we invented navigation. Section 2 Assesment 1.Kangxi was the first Emperor and ruled for 60 years. -Qing Dynasty was a Chinese name for dynasty that ruled for 260 years.
The Portuguese were determined to control the East-West trade; so Malacca still retained its importance as a trade center until 1641 when the Portuguese surrendered Malacca to the Dutch. The Dutch who had a stronger foothold over the Indonesia archipelago swung the trade center over to Sumatra. In the meantime, Malacca's trade also declined due to the silting of its port. In 1795 Melaka (Malacca) was given to the British to prevent it form falling to the hands of the French, where the Netherlands was captured during the French Revolution. By the time British took over in 1824, the focus of the trade has shifted from Malacca to Singapore and Penang.
The year 1492 was a major turning point in history for many different reasons. After 1492, people and civilizations of long separated regions had started to gain their connections. Many trades had began and gave different countries the opportunity to get different things. The voyage of Columbus in 1492 helped create our world today. In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail to go to east India to find gold, instead of getting to east India, he landed in the Bahamas.
His career in exploration started when he was very young. As a teenager he traveled the seas and eventually made Portugal his base. Columbus came to believe that the East Indies (present day Indonesia and surrounding islands) could be reached by sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean. He appealed to the kings of Portugal, France and England to finance a westward trip to the Indies, but all denied his request. After ten years of monumental efforts but fruitless results, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to finance Columbus in the hopes of acquiring great wealth.
Julio Cruz Week 8 From 1450 to 1640 the “Early Atlantic Age” a new set of regions, the Atlantic coasts of Africa, entered directly into long-distance international trade. It tells us that the chain of developments by which the Europeans gradually shifted from being peripheral actors on the world stage to chief protagonists. During this time, Europeans spread the Commercial Revolution along the western side of Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean. The establishment of Portuguese commercial activities around the coasts of Africa took place over an eighty-year period. In the Western Sudan belt of Africa between 1450 and 1640, the age of empire came to an end, but not before one more great empire, Songay, flourished.
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Held in 1096-1099. 7. In the years following the First Crusade, European lords worked to secure their rule over the Crusader States. Meanwhile, back in Europe, the Holy Orders of knights had begun to rise. When Muslim forces regrouped and attacked Edessa, three such orders-the Teutonic Knights, the Knights Hospitaller, and the Knights Templar-rode forth under the banner of the Second Crusade.
The Hurricane of 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 was the first hurricane to be recorded in history. It happened before tropical storms were given names, so it is often referred to under a variety of different names. Some of these include the “Great Galveston Hurricane,” the “Turn of the century hurricane,” or most commonly the “Galveston Flood.” At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. It’s position on Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas. Galveston was one of the largest cotton ports in the nation at the time, rivaling New Orleans.
Discuss the goals of British, French and Spanish exploration in North America and the means by which each nation attempted to achieve them.” The Age of Exploration began in the late 15th Century, as European nations, having the ocean technology, began to see the potential of the New World. The massive territories, countless riches, and experienced native peoples, meant that a claim in the Americas could easily boost a nation’s wealth, status and reputation. The European powerhouses; Great Britain, France and Spain each had their goals set for exploration and conquest in the New World. Each set out to create a name for themselves on American soil, and as the competition increased between the nations, violence often broke out. The Columbus’ voyage in 1492 convinced Spain that it could dominate the New World.
The Native Americans were probably the unluckiest groups in American history. The Europeans had developed into a much more advanced civilizations compared to the Native Americans. The discovery of the Americas had revolutionized the ways of life all over the world. The discovery of the New World lead to new opportunity for many Europeans. Christopher Columbus had believed that he could sail to East Asia by sailing west (American Civ to 1914, 8).