Who were the explorers and what did they
find?UNIT 2, LESSON 2
By: Mr. Casey
Cartographer(Noun) A person who makes maps or charts
Colony
(Noun) an area or place that is ruled by a distant country
Reform(VERB) TO CHANGE
Martin Luther
Ninety-Five theses
Convert(VERB) To change someone’s or one’s own
beliefs
Emperor(NOUN) the ruler of an empire
MoctezumaRuler of the Aztec
Empire
Circumnavigate(NOUN) The act of sailing around something
Magellan
SPANISH POWER
The Cause & Effect of Spain’s power
Ferdinand and Isabella Marry, joining two kingdoms
SPANISH INQUISITION (1478)“You aren’t catholic? Get out or convert!”
Columbus Finds the New World
Columbus starts a wave of exploration and trade
The VASCO EFFECTVasco de Gama finds a new route to Asia (1497). The portuguese focus efforts and resources on a route to asia
BALBOA’S GOLDVasco Nunez de balboa explores the area around modern day panama and discovers the pacific ocean and gold
then he sends 30,000 pieces of gold to the king of spain which creates a gold rush riches
CHARLES I Charles I comes to power (1516) and eventually creates a vast empire
He becomes Charles V, holy roman emperor and wants to spread catholicism
CHARLES I
Spain increases its power
and empire
THE CONQUISTADORS
“The Conquerers”
CORTES & The Aztecs
aztec empire is huge (200,000 soldiers)
1519 -cortes only has 500 men, 16 horses, and 11 ships
Aztec people believe in the prophecy of Quetzalcoatl
Moctezuma sends gold plates and tells him not to come
cortes gathers tribes that oppose the aztecs to help him with the help of dona marina
CORTES & The Aztecs
Cortes goes directly to Tenochtitlan
Many other tribes see Cortes as a liberator
It takes him two years and reinforcements but he defeats the aztecs in 1521
His army, disease, guns, and horses help him defeat the aztecs
They take control of the aztec lands and replace tenochtitlan with mexico city
Pizzaro & The inca
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SPANISH POWER
Portuguese focus on routes to africa and the new world (Vasco de gama 1498)
Martin Luther and the protestant reformation create a rift between the Catholic church and other religions (1517)
The New World holds great riches (Gold, land, crops)
Spanish not only want to get rich, but now they want to spread catholicism across the world, Especially this new World (Reconquista)
Spanish Inquisition - (1478) Not catholic? “Get Out!”
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