Age+of+Exploration

Chermaine Amaya

Identify and describe the factors that explain why European states in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were interested in building colonial empires.

Motives
 * serve God by bringing Christianity and salvation to so-called heathens
 * rivalry among states of Europe
 * Spain
 * find alternative route to East
 * Christopher Columbus
 * rejected by Portuguese
 * set sail Aug. 3, 1942 on three ships Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta
 * discovered new world but thought it was Asia; goal was to find gold and convert natives to Christianity
 * Portugal
 * advance along western coast of Africa
 * Henry the Navigator
 * seek access to spice trade of Indies
 * establish far graner overseas empire of Portuguese Empire
 * Treaty of Tordesillas
 * divided up newly discovered world into separate Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence
 * make uses of new technologies
 * galleons, ships powered by sail, compass, sextant, and mounted guns of ships

Thesis: The motives on expansion during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries circled around "God, glory, and gold", which meant successfully converting natives to Christianity, advancing further than other countries, and searching for gold.

Bibliography: APEC Textbook The Princeton Review (2011) AP European History Exam []

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