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Crusades

11th15thcentury

TheCrusades
happenedin
incrementsand
ledtotheageof
exploration

ExpandingIslam
inSpainandthe
MiddleEast

Thecrusades
weretheattempts
byEuropean
armiestoregain
areainSpainand
theMiddleEastin
hopestofind
valuablemedals
andaccessto
traderouteson
landliketheSilk
Road

Leadtotheageof
Exploration,
becausemany
countriesneeded
tofindnewtrade
routesbecausethe
preexistingones
werenowbeing
controlledby
Italiancitiesand
theOttoman
Empire

Italian
Renaissance

13001600

Lastedmany
centuries,during
theageof
explorationas
well

Theneedfor
inhance
technologyto
helpwith
voyages,faster
andeasieraccess
toamplecopiesof
paperproducts

TheItalian
Renaissancewas
theriseofart,
literatureand
education.Atime
whenreligionwas
notseenasthe
headlinein
society.

Leadtothe
improvementsof
societyand
inventions.Good
enoughwasnot
enough.

Columbuslands
intheNewWorld

1492

Ageof
Exploration

Columbuswasin
searchofanew
westerntrade
routetoIndiaand
happenedtorun
intotheAmericas

Columbushad
gainedfull
supportfrom
Ferdinandand
Isabellatosearch
foranewtrade
routethatwould
befasterand
easierbecausethe
Ottomanempire
hadgrownand
hadtakencontrol
oftheSilkRoad
andcutoffall
traderoutes

Surgeof
exploration
throughoutthe
NewWorld,led
totheColumbian
Exchangeandthe
settlementofthe
NewWorldby
othercountries,
seeingasithad
alreadybeen
settledbyNatives.

Columbian
Exchange

1492

Duringtheageof
explorationafter
Columbus
foundedtheNew
World

OnceColumbus
foundedtheNew
World,theNew
worldhadmany
thingthattheOld
Worlddidnotand
viceversaso
thosethings
begantobe
introducedtoeach
other

Columbustook
thingsthathe
foundedandwas
givenincluding
Nativesbackto
Spainandthat
sparkedthe
Columbian
exchangebecause
nownewthings
werebeing
introducedtoboth
theOldandNew
world.Food,
cattle,ideas,
religion,diseases,

Integrationofnew
crops,
advancements
withintheNative
societiesdueto
weaponsand
horses,alsothe
declineofNatives
duetothe
unintentional
exchangeof
diseases.

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Treatyof
Tordesillas

1494

Ageof
exploration

BothSpainand
Portugalboth
werebeginningto
settlethe
Americas

Competitionwas
growingbetween
Portugaland
Spainduetothe
settlementofthe
NewWorld,soin
ordertoeaseand
settlethe
competitionthey
cameupwiththe
Treatyof
Tordesillas

Alongitudinal
linewasdrawn
throughthe
Atlanticand
SouthAmerica
andeastofitwas
grantedto
portugalandwest
wasgivento
Spain

Defeatofthe
Aztecs
(Montezumav.
HernanCortez)
andIncas
(Francisco
Pizarro)
(defeatofthe
Natives)

15181521
1532

Settlementofthe
newworld

TheSpanishwere
tryingtosettle
Americaandtake
itover,sothey
defeatedwhatever
gotintheirway
andtheIncasand
Aztecsgotinthe
waysoSpainhad
todefeatthem

Duringthe
expansionof
SpaininAmerica
muchfighting
occurredbetween
theSpanishand
theNativesand
thedefeatofthe
Aztecsandthe
Incasweretwoof
themostbrutal
defeats

Majordeclinein
NativeAmericans
duetoviolenceby
Spain

Reformation

15171648

Duringtheageof
exploration

Dividebetween
religionin
Europe,between
theprotestantand
christianreligions

Henrybroke
awayfromthe
Catholicchurch
duetopersonal
disputeswiththe
popeandcreated
theprotestant
church,creating
thedivide
betweenreligions
andpeople.You
hadloyalisttothe
churchandto
Henrywhich
createdthedivide.

TheReformation
leadtoalotof
migrationtothe
NewWorldin
searchofreligious
freedom

Roanoke

1585

Settlingof
America

SirWalter
Raleighfounded
theRoanoke
Colonyasafirst
attemptatan
EnglishColonyin
theAmerica

Firstattemptatan
Englishcolonyin
americathat
becametheLost
Colonydueto
thefactthatwhen
Raleighssecond
groupofmenleft
forRoanokethey
founditdeserted

Itwasthefirst
attemptat
colonizationin
Americabythe
English

Jamestown

1607

Settlingin
America

KingJames1
charteredthe
JointStock
companythat
wouldsettlein

Themainreason
forJamestown
wastofindGold
andcreateprofit
forLondonand

Jamestownwas
thefirstlasting
Englishcolony
thatendedbeinga
hugesuccessonce

Jamestowntofind
Gold

Plymouth
companies,but
insteadbecame
thefirst
successful
settlementin
Jamestowneven
thoughthey
struggledthefirst
winteranddidnt
findgold

theybeganto
thrive