United States History Student Edition

Looking Ahead In this topic, you will learn how the desire for increased trade between Europe and Asia led to voyages of exploration, the discovery of lands unknown to Europeans at the time, and the eventual settlement and colonization of those lands by several European nations. You will examine a Compelling Question and develop your own questions about European exploration and colonization in the Inquiry Activity Lesson. You can preview some of the key events and people that you will learn about by reviewing the time line. What Will You Learn? In these lessons about the exploration and colonization of the Americas, you will learn: • how the growth of trade and the emergence of new technologies helped spur the age of exploration. • the discoveries of early Portuguese and Spanish explorers in their searches for new trade routes. • the settlement of various parts of the Americas by the Spanish. • the exploration and colonization efforts of other European powers, such as the French, English, and Dutch. • the treatment of native peoples by the various European groups. ? COMPELLING QUESTION IN INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSON How did European colonization affect native inhabitants and societies throughout the world?

KEY EVENTS OF EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

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476 The fall of the Roman Empire isolates the people of Western Europe

1000

1096 The Crusades begin

1200

1200s Marco Polo’s stories of Asia are of great interest to Europeans

1400

1420s Prince Henry founds his school for navigation 1487 Bartolomeu Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

1517 The Reformation begins

1522 Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition completes its voyage around the world

1535 Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River

1600

1624 Dutch settlers arrive in the colony of New Netherland

FLORIDA BENCHMARKS

• SS.8.A.2.1 • SS.8.E.1.1 • SS.8.E.3.1 • SS.8.G.6.2

• SS.8.A.1.2 • SS.8.A.1.3 • SS.8.A.1.4 • SS.8.A.1.5 • SS.8.A.1.7

Sequencing In what order did the following three explorers sail: Ferdinand Magellan, Bartolomeu Dias, Christopher Columbus?

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