1450-1770

The Emergence of the First Global Age

Look at the following images and try to figure out the theme.

CHANGE

Major concept for the next 6 weeksChange creates struggles and achievements

that led to expansion and globalization.Focusing on European expansion 15th and 16th

centuries, Renaissance, Reformation, Rising Military Powers.

Change

Humans are exploring creaturesWhy explore?Wealth, fame, or thrill?

Exploring: A human Urge

As early at 1500 B.C. the Egyptians were making boats of long, flat pieces of wood, powered by sails.

Greeks 1000 B.C. mastered the Mediterranean.

Vikings 8th-11th century terrorizing people.It wont be until the late 1400’s that

“explorers” actually get some credit.Europe is out of the “dark ages” and people

are becoming educated.Willing to take risks to get ahead.

Set sail

In your groups I want you guys to jot down what you think are the 5 most common jobs of today are.

Think about it

Retail - Total employment: 4,209,500Cashier - Total employment: 3,439,380Office Clerk - Total employment: 2,815,240Food prep - Total employment: 2,695,740Registered Nurse Total employment:

2,583,770

Today

Math was needed for ship building.Astronomy was needed for navigation and

map construction.Merchant to trade spices.Fisherman: They’re truly are a lot of fish in

the sea.Explorer..lots of school…lots of luck…lots of

begging for money. But if you “discover” something new you get all of this…

Back in the 1400’s

Who is this man?

ColumbusNice Ship

So why Columbus?

So pivotal has his own era “pre- Columbian.”People reached America prior to Columbus.Columbus introduced two phenomena that

“revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world.”

1. Taking land, wealth, and labor from indigenous people.

2. Setting up the transatlantic slave trade, which would lead to a racial underclass.

Slavery in African HistoryDidn’t begin with slave ships crossing the

Atlantic.Capturing enemies was an ancient practice

not limited to Africa.World wide.

Slavery in Africa

In 1200’s slavery was a major source for Muslim traders from Arabia.

Buy them from rulers of East African city states.

Spread into South Asia.Most of them women.10,000 people forced into slavery a year.Women slaves disrupted marriage patterns

(birthrates fell).

Europeans and Slavery1400’s PortugalFirst interested in gold in Ghana.Slavery came laterTrading posts and small forts.

Transatlantic Slave TradeColumbus and the new world.Spain began to explore the new

world.Opened sugar plantations and

tobacco plantation.Europeans wanted someone else for

the job.First thought Natives.. but died

from disease.Looked to Africa.

15321532 start1630’s demanded for slave labor.Only 5% of slaves came to America.In North America cotton, tobacco,

textiles, and guns were exchanged for slaves.

ReviewAround what time frame does exploration

start to take off? Why?What was the purpose of exploration?What were some famous jobs during the

1400’s?Where did Columbus think he was?Why would Columbus’s “discovery” of the

new world be significant in the years to come?

What was the purpose of the triangle trade?

Christopher Columbus is often credited with “discovering” America, although the land he discovered was already inhabited. Imagine that you are one of the Native Americans who was living in North America when Columbus arrived. You later learn that he has taken credit for the “discovery” of your home. Write a response to his claim.

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