Exploration Columbian Exchange When Columbus came to the

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World History
Exploration
Settlements
Crusades
Holy Wars
Colonists
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CRUSADES (Holy Wars)

• Christian Europeans wanted to end Islam
• Christian knights traveled to the Middle East to
  fight Muslim soldiers
• RESULTS
• Increased trade between Europe and Asia
• Led to an interest in exploration
• Led to growth in towns
• Exchange of goods and ideas

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Why did the crusades begin?
List four results of the crusades.
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Reformation

• There was a call to REFORM (change) the Roman
  Catholic Church
• Groups broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
  because it was corrupt. Some of the instances of
  corruptions were
• The Church owned too much land.
• The Church sold church jobs,
• The Church sold indulgences (forgiveness of
  sins).

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What was being reformed?
WHY was it being reformed?
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Renaissance

• Revival of learning and questioning in Europe
• People became interested in art, music, books
  (because of the printing press), etc

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Draw a Conclusion Why would people be so hungry
for knowledge after the Crusades?
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Exploration

• Conquistadors
• Explorers came from Europe to explore the
  Americas
• Conquistador (meaning "Conqueror" in the Spanish
  language) is the term used to refer to the
  soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved
  the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally
  accepted by historians), i.e. brought much of the
  Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial
  rule between the 15th and 17th centuries.

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Exploration

• Columbian Exchange
• When Columbus came to the Americas, the Indians
  were introduced to new foods from Europe.
• When Columbus went back to Europe, the Europeans
  were introduced to food that had been brought
  back from the Indians.
• The Columbian Exchange was not all positive.
  Some negative effects were
• European diseases killed Indians
• Indians were enslaved
• Land was taken from Indians

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Settlements
Saint Augustine was the first successful
settlement in the Americas. It was settled by the
Spanish.
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Jamestown

• Can you name this famous couple?
• John Smith and Pocahontas
• Jamestown is where John Smith met Pocahontas.

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Jamestown

• First English settlement in the Americas.
• Jamestown had the first representative government
  in America. It was called The House of Burgess.
• The settlement was saved when the settlers
  learned to grow tobacco.

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The colonists are in America...
Let's get ready to rumble!!!
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French and Indian War

• This war was actually fought between England and
  France. You may ask
• WHAT DID THE INDIANS HAVE TO
• DO WITH IT?
• The Indians helped the French.
• The English won.

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• The French and Indian war created debt for the
  English.
• Sothe English raised taxes.
• Thenthe Colonists boycotted the taxes and
  smuggled British goods to avoid the taxes.

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Taxation
Dude, taxation without representation is not cool!
Before the French and Indian War, the British
left the colonies alone. After the French and
Indian War the British taxed almost everything!
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp act was a tax on documents.
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The Navigation Act

• Colonists were forced to use only British ships
  and buy only British goods.

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Boston Massacre

• British soldiers said that some colonists
  started it.
• That wasnt true.
• Not very many people died, but the colonists were
  looking for an excuse to fight the British.

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Boston Tea Party

• The Colonists threw Tea in the Harbor to protest
  taxes.
• Results
• British pass the Intolerable Acts and Quartering
  Act.

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Tensions Mount!!

• There is a pattern here. The British make a law.
  The colonist rebel. The British make another
  law to make the colonist follow the first law.
  The colonists rebeletc. SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE!

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PATRICK HENRY

• GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!

You tell em, Pat ole boy! Dinners on me
tonight!
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How will this information be tested on the AHSGE?
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• (Standard I-1)
• Study the list below.
• Increased trade between Europe Asia
• Led to growth of towns
• Led to an increased interest in exploration
• This list shows the results of
• A. The Renaissance
• B. The Crusades
• C. The Middle Ages
• D. The Trade Route

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2. Another term for the Crusades is A. The
Reformation B. The Renaissance C. The Holy
Wars D. The Revolution

• Problems such as selling indulgences and church
  jobs
• within the Roman Catholic Church led to
• A. The Reformation
• B. The Renaissance
• C. The American Revolution
• D. The Great Awakening

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• 4. The Renaissance
• A. was a period of rebirth and learning
• B. led to an decrease in the desire for learning
  about the world
• C. decreased an interest in art
• D. led to the end of the Roman Catholic Church

5. The cartoon below was created during the late
1760s. Use the cartoon and your own
knowledge to answer Number 5.

• The cartoon was designed as a protest against
• A. Passage of the Constitution
• B. Taxes imposed by Great Britain
• C. Attacks on colonists by British soldiers
• Fighting between colonists and native
• Americans

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Answers

• B
• C
• A
• A
• B