Feudalism
• King gave land to nobles in exchange
for military support
• Peasants worked for feudal lords
• Most were serfs who were bound to the
land
Crusades
• Christian fighters going to the holy land
to defeat the Muslims
What did the Crusaders bring
back to Europe that was the
catalyst for exploration?
• Spices
• Sugar
• Silk
• This led to the need for a monetary
system to replace the barter system that
had be prevalent in Europe.
1350-1600 Renaissance
• This was a period of rebirth in Europe.
• Inventions – or at least new to the
Europeans
– Arabs – Astrolabe – used the sun to
determine direction, latitude, and local
times
– Chinese – compass
– Ship building
– Now they had the ability, tools, and desire
to find a shorter route to the Indies
True or False?
In 1492 Columbus Sailed
the Ocean Blue. T or F
In 1493, Columbus
Stole all that He could
see!! T or F
The Story you Learned
The Story you Learned
• Pg. 57 – Everyone believe the world
was flat
• Pg 58 – mutiny and bad weather
• Columbus died never knowing what he
“discovered”
• Columbus died poor and unappreciated
The Real Story
• Europeans had guns and wanted to use
them
• Arms WAS the cause of European
domination
• Because of the printing press people
knew of Columbus’ findings. The poor
Vikings didn’t have the “press” on their
side.
The Real Story
• Real evidence exists that the AfroPhoenician’s visited the New World long
before Columbus. Pg 51&53
• Columbus and EVERYBODY else Knew
that the earth was round.
•
(pg 57)
The Real Story
• “In 1005 the Vikings intended only to settle
Vineland”
• “By 1493, Columbus planned to plunder Haiti”
• Columbus introduced two phenomena that
revolutionized race relations and transformed
the modern world: the taking of land,
wealth, and labor from indigenous
peoples, leading to their near
extermination, and the transatlantic slave
trade, which created a racial underclass.
Columbus died not knowing what
he discovered?
• Notice the drawing
in the lower left
corner. After
Columbus
“discovered” a new
continent he had
this put on his family
crest. He knew!
• And he died well off,
not poor.
When Columbus Landed he
made demands on the natives
The Requirement
Eu implore o para reconhecer a igreja como uma
senhora e no nome da tomada do papa o rei como o
senhor desta terra e para obedecer seus mandatos.
Se você não a fizer, eu digo-lhe aquele com a ajuda
do deus que eu inscreverei poderosa de encontro a
você todo. Eu farei a guerra em toda parte e a cada
maneira que eu posso. Sujeitar-euo-ei o garfo e
obedience à igreja e a seu majesty. Eu de farei
exame suas mulheres e crianças e do far-lhes-ei
escravos... As mortes e os ferimentos que você
recebe de aqui sobre serão sua própria falha e não
que de seu majesty nem dos gentlemen que me
acompanham.
The Requirement
• The Requirement was read in SPANISH
to the natives and when they didn’t
comply…. Listen to what it said.
The Requirement
I implore you to recognize the Church as a lady and in
the name of the Pope take the King as lord of this
land and obey his mandates. If you do not do it, I tell
you that with the help of God I will enter powerfully
against you all. I will make war everywhere and every
way that I can. I will subject you to the yoke and
obedience to the Church and to his majesty. I will
take your women and children and make them
slaves… The deaths and injuries that you will receive
from here on will be your own fault and not that his
majesty nor of the gentlemen that accompany me”
The Columbian Biological Exchange
Old World to New
World:
Diseases: Smallpox
Measles
Chicken Pox
Malaria
Yellow Fever
Influenza
The Common Cold
New World to Old World:
Syphilis
The Columbian Biological
Exchange
Animals:
Old World to New
World:
Horses
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep
Goats
Chickens
New World to Old World:
Turkeys
Llamas
Alpacas
Guinea Pigs
The Columbian Biological Exchange
Old World to New
World:
Plants:
Rice
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Coffee
Sugarcane
Bananas
Melons
Olives
Dandelions
Daisies
Clover
Ragweed
Kentucky Bluegrass
New World to Old World:
Corn (Maize)
Potatoes (White & Sweet Varieties)
Beans (Snap, Kidney, & Lima
Varieties)
Tobacco
Peanuts
Squash
Peppers
Tomatoes
Pumpkins
Pineapples
Cacao (Source of Chocolate)
Chicle (Source of Chewing Gum)
Papayas
Manioc (Tapioca)
Guavas
Avocados
The Columbian Exchange
Cocoa beans, corn, peanuts, peppers, pineapples, potatoes, squash,
Tobacco, tomatoes, beans, avocadoes, pumpkins, turkeys, diseases
Bananas, citrus fruits, coffee beans, diseases, grapes,
wheat, rice, barley, oats, olives, onions, live stock (cattle, sheep, horses, pigs)
sugar cane, turnips