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Eric Ni, Destiny D.

Mr. Carter

World History Honors

20 March 2017

Unit 7: Exploration and Colonization Project

1. Economic motives for exploration

Spices are one of the most desired things in Europe during the 14th century. The age of
exploration had many motives like spices because they desire it, and because it makes food taste
better. The spices during that time were a new taste that Europeans had, and they couldn't get
enough of it which also makes them an economic motive for exploration. The spice trade was also
part of their desire for trade routes for more trade and for many things like precious metals.

"Jessica Nicolosi: Silk Road." Pinterest. Pinterest, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.

<https://www.pinterest.com/hstechsion/jessica-nicolosi-silk-road/>.
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2. Religious motives for exploration

Picture: http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/5-facts-you-might-not-know-about-
christopher-columbus.html

http://apworldipedia.com/index.php?
title=Key_Concept_4.1_Globalizing_Networks_of_Communication_and_Exchange
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3. Political motives for exploration

The most common political motives for exploration where the three Gs. The three Gs
where god, gold, and glory and they were there main reasons politically for exploration. The
picture above shows gold silver and gold means wealth and wealth is something that people and
kings would want. The countries want wealth because it can show status of their power and the
spanish had a lot of it. Siver were also very valuable and the spanish had a lot and used it to
make coins that eventually became a worldwide currency and made it very valuable.

Hunter, Greg. "How Do I Buy Gold and Silver?" How Do I Buy Gold and Silver? N.p., 13 Dec.

2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2017. <http://usawatchdog.com/how-to-buy-gold-and-silver/>.

4. Columbus Conquest of Hispaniola

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5. Spanish encomienda system

This picture shows a system that the spanished used when they were settling in the New
World. This was the encomienda system and it had a lot of negative effects for the native
americans. The system was supposed to protect the natives but instead the spanish used it to
enslave and use them for labor and gold. The conditions were horrible and it lead to many native
americans deaths and they force them to convert to christianity and torture and kill those who
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refuse. The picture you can see the spanish watch and make the natives do their dirty work to get
gold.

"Encomienda in Spanish America." Encomienda in Spanish America. Blogspot, n.d.

Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

<http://epicworldhistory.blogspot.com/2012/06/encomienda-in-spanish-

america.html>.

6. Disease epidemics in Native American populations

This picture shows the effects the spreading of disease had on Indians. The
arrival of Europeans spread many diseases that the Indians had never been exposed to
before. Since the Indians had never had any of these diseases, their immune system
was vulnerable and weak against them. Diseases such as the Bubonic Plague,
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chickenpox, the common cold, malaria, and many other diseases. These diseases were
able to spread more quickly because they were either dormant in a person or somebody
wasnt quarantined, and because of certain biological and cultural traits this made
Native Americans more susceptible to these diseases. Many tribes experienced great
depopulation and because of so many people dying it weakened the community, and
made them unable to do most activities to keep running the tribe the way it used to be.

"The Native American Story | Texas State History Museum." The Native American Story | Texas
State History Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2017
"Native American Disease and Epidemics." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Mar. 2017. Web.
21 Mar. 2017.

7. Cortes conquest of the Aztecs

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When the dance was loveliest and when song was linked to song, the Spaniards were seized
with an urge to kill the celebrants. They all ran forward, armed as if for battle. They closed the
entrances and passageways...then [they] rushed into the Sacred Patio to slaughter the
inhabitants...they attacked the man who was drumming and cut off his arms. Then they cut off
his head, and it rolled across the floor. They attacked all the celebrants stabbing them, spearing
them, striking them with swords...others they beheaded...or split their heads to pieces...The blood
of the warriors flowed like water and gathered into pools...They invaded every room, hunting
and killing

This primary source talks about the slaughter of the aztecs and their fate. The Spanish
came and demolished them people going from room to room killing and cutting them up. The
way this person describes it makes it terrifying and tragic. The blood and death showed how
brutal the spanish were and the aztecs fell in 1521.

(n.d.): n. pag. Web. 19 Mar.

2017.http://www.lindblomeagles.org/ourpages/auto/2013/1/13/50658271/Aztec%20sources.pdf

8. Pizarros conquest of the Inca

"Ways Pizarro Conquered the Inca Empire." Francisco Pizarro. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Francisco_Pizarro
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9. Middle Passage

The middle passage was very important during the age of exploration. The
middle passage was where ships take africans slaves to the new world for labor and
other purposes. The picture above shows a slave ship packed full of people and each of
the slave ships packed 400 slaves.The condition in the ship led to high death rates
africans slaves because of disease breakouts.The ship was packed really tight, and
there were no place to move tight. The picture above also shows you how packed it is
and symbols how massive the slave trade was because the ships were always packed.

"The Middle Passage and the City of Bones." Marin Theatre Company. MARIN

THEATRE COMPANY, n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

<http://www.marintheatre.org/productions/august-wilsons-gem-of-the-ocean/the-

middle-passage-and-the-city-of-bones>.

10. African slavery in the New World

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"Many large whales and sharks about us, the latter is owing to the
number of poor fellows that have lately been thrown overboard. The ship
is now truly miserable, many of our own crew very sick and the decks
crowded with black slaves who are dying in all directions and
apprehensive - their cases of fever are contagious."

This is an entry from

Milmo, Cahal. "Diary Reveals Reality of African Slave Trade." The Independent. Independent Digital
News and Media, 28 Jan. 2007. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
http://histclo.com/act/work/slave/ast/ast-atle.html
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11. Columbian Exchange

Buffalo, rattlesnakes, llamas, and catfish had never been seen in Europe while rats, bees, cats, and
earthworms made their way to America for the first time. Crops went back and forth across the
Atlantic, transforming American, Euro-American, African, and European civilizations. Corn became
prominent in Africa, for instance. The Incan potato found its way to Germany, Russia, and the British
Isles. Peanuts, pumpkins, squash, avocados, pineapples, strawberries, zucchini, and chili peppers
were new to Europe, among dozens of other staples now taken for granted. Tomatoes went from the
Ukraine to the Americas and back to Italy.

This secondary source shows us the things that have been introduced and traded
between columbian exchange. The columbian exchange is the cultural and biological exchange
between the new world and the old world and has impacted many european empires positively,
but for the natives it was not well. Different kinds of food were sent to the old world and made a
huge population increase and while europe gets food the natives got diseases and things that
did not help them as much as the europeans, but the main this is that the secondary sources
talks about the things that don't exist in both the new and the old world are being
exchanged/traded between the two worlds

Addis, Cameron. "Paleo-America & Columbian Exchange." History Hub. N.p., n.d. Web. 19

Mar. 2017. <http://sites.austincc.edu/caddis/paleo-america-columbian-exchange/>.

12. Social structures in the New World

13. European Empires in the New World

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This map shows the new world what what territories the european empires had. The
spanish had a part of the US and all of mexico and caribbean and half of south america. The
British took the closing of the eastern coast of north america. The french took the territory of
louisiana and portugal took lagaly brasil. This shows the european empires in the new world and
where they colonised.

"Settler Colonialism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Mar. 2017. Web. 20 Mar.

2017. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settler_colonialism>.

14. Effect on European populations

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15. Effect on European economics

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The age of exploration of the new world had changed European economics and their
population. The different kind of foods that came from the new world had help increased the
population dramatically. The graph above show that after the plague and into the age of
exploration the population increased very quickly during the 15-17 centuries. Foods such as
corn contain high nutrition which led an increase of population. And something that's not
included in picture is wealth but it too played an important role with european economics. The
spanish had a lot of silver and it became a worldwide currency.

Albert - Interactive Learning for Test Prep, STEM, Humanities, and Finance. N.p., n.d.

Web. 20 Mar. 2017. <https://www.albert.io/ie/ap-world-history/sixteenth-century-

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Rubric: Each content area has the following components:

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Content Area Source: clearly related to Paragraph: gives a detailed Citation: present
the content, and furthers explanation about the and in correct
the readers content, and how the source MLA format
understanding of that relates to it
content

1. Economic motives done Done done

for exploration

2. Religious motives
for exploration

3. Political motives for k k done

exploration

4. Columbus
conquest of
Hispaniola

5. Spanish k k done
encomienda system

6. Disease epidemics
in Native American
populations

7. Cortes conquest of k k done

the Aztecs

8. Pizarros conquest
of the Inca

9. Middle Passage k k done

10. African slavery in

the New World

11. Columbian k k done

Exchange

12. Social Structures

in the New World

13. European Empires k k

in the New World

14. Effect on
European populations

15. Effect on k k
European economies done