Name: _________________________________ Class: __________ Date: _______________ The Age of Exploration Overview The Age of Exploration focuses on the European discovery and exploration of new lands from 1400 to 1800. During this time‚ Europeans learned about – and sometimes destroyed – other civilizations. Europeans colonized and spread their culture in the Americas. They also formed colonies in India‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The European explorers opened new trade routes and took over old ones
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The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly
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AP Essay Henry Wolski 9/28/11 The age of exploration created new opportunities for all the countries involved in it. New trade routes were established to try and locate a northwest passage‚ leading to the development of the triangle trade system. England was the last country to colonize the Americas. The raw materials and goods taken from the Americas were given to the mother country‚ which was the idea of mercantilism. The opportunities created by this
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Henry the Navigator in the Age of Exploration Prince Henry was born in Portugal in 1394. He was the third son of King John I. In the year of 1415‚ Henry helped his two brothers attack the port of Ceuta in Morocco. This inspired him to explore the unknown of South Africa. In the Algarve‚ Henry constructed his own school of navigation on a promontory called Sagres that juts out into the sea between Cape St. Vincent and Lagos bay. Prince Henry set up this school‚ so that there would be a place where
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Before the Industrial Revolution began‚ European imperialism’s second phase hadn’t begun yet‚ the first phase that being the Age of Exploration (1500-1700). At the time China was sovereign‚ and pretty much most of India‚ as well as Japan. By the mid XIX century European economies were thoroughly industrialized and needed more coal and steel to keep up production‚ as well as other raw materials to sustain an industrial society. Hence‚ when they naturally expanded‚ this technological superiority was
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ENGLAND: 2. European nations sent explorers across the oceans because they wanted to benefit the mother country. Since the population increased after the plague finished in Europe‚ their demands for trade goods grew even more. The Europeans needed an easy access to get resources and raw materials that were not available in their country from the new world to enrich the mother country by serving as a market for its manufacturing goods. The mother country made strict laws with their colonies that
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The European Age of Exploration was very beneficial to not only Europe but also the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Asia. Although the European Age of Exploration was said to have come about for the purpose of finding or discovering new spices‚ that was not the only reason. The Europeans also set out to find new trade routes that went around the Ottoman’s territory and this exploration lead to the European Golden Age because it brought Europe out of the “Dark Ages.” Europe was facing what was known as the
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Manuel Castro English 212 Professor Phares 3-18-15 Compare and contrast the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment The Age of Exploration and The Enlightenment were products of the Renaissance (1400-1648). Both The Age of Exploration (1400-1500) started by Prince Henry the Navigator (1394- 1460) to the beginning of The Enlightenment (1687-1789). It was symbolic that Prince Henry the Navigator erected the first navigational school in Sagres‚ Portugal where it was considered the rim of the
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Technological Advances during the Age of Exploration The Age of Exploration was the period of time from approximately 1400 to 1600‚ in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of trade and goods. Technological advances were made and used to launch this era. These advances were the Caravel‚ the Magnetic Compass‚ and the Astrolabe. The Caravel was a ship designed for long voyages. It was renovated by Portuguese shipbuilders in 14th century. It was actually used as a fishing boat since
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What factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures? The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1600’s to the 1700’s during which Europeans explored the world‚ searching for trade partners and desirable goods. During this time‚ the three most influential European nations were Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England. If fingers had to be pointed at which country started the Age of Exploration‚ it would be Portugal‚ because if it had not been for the carrack and then the caravel
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