Posterous theme by Cory Watilo
Kacey Kuchenbecker

Online Textbook Chapter 16

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE

Section I (pp. 467-475)

Questions:

1. How did advances in technology spur exploration?

In the year of the exploration advances in technology included the creation of the compass, the astrolabe, and the craftsmanship of ships. This helped explores make traveling across the world much easier and made it easier to get to their destination faster.

2. What goal did the English, French, and Dutch explorers share with the Spanish and Portuguese, and how was their approach in the Americas different?

They all wanted to find a route to Asia, but both approached their paths differently. The Portuguese and wanted to find a water route around Africa to India. While the English, Dutch, and French explorers took the Northwest Passage, which lead them around the northern reaches of North America. By going through the Northwest Passage, they hoped that they would find a way to get to Asia, but never did.

3. Support the statement "The Age of Exploration could not have occurred without the Renaissance"

Yes this statement is very true. During the Renaissance, it is said that a spirit of discovery awakened in Europe. In the late 1400’s and 1500’s it was said that spirit is what lead the Europeans on the “voyages of discovery” which they found new lands and new routes to places of the known.

 

Section 2 (pp. 476-481)

4. Describe ways in which the Spanish and Portguese colonies in the Americas were similar. How were they different?

They both created empires in the Americas. They were both mercantilistic nations attempting to subjugate to acquirer raw materials. The Portuguese and the Spanish both used native Americans, and later African slaves to work on their farms. They both fought over what lands and parts of the world they wanted and later had divisions split up.

5. Compare and contrast the ways in which the French, Dutch, and English related to Native Americans.

Unlike the Spanish and Portuguese; the French, Dutch, and English did not enslave Native Americans. In fact, they formed allies with them and exchanged supplies and culture.

6. How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) shape History?

IT WAS THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA by ending salutary neglect and declaring the proclamation of 1763.

 

Section 3 (pp. 482-487)

7. Why were colonies so important under the principles of mercantilism?

By the exchanging of materials and supplies from merchants all around the world, mercantilism provided raw materials for the mother country (Brittan) which created a positive balance of trade.

8. How did the quest for a favorable trade balance push the drive to establish colonies, and how did this drive usher in capitalism?  

When the colonies received the raw materials from outer merchants, they used those materials to create new products to resell and make profit out of.

 

Section 4 (pp. 488-494)

1a. He said that in order to conquer they must make friends/form allies with the natives

1b. To form peace between them so they would not be enemies.

2a. Chills, excessive coughing, all over bumps on the body, fatigue.

2b. The Aztecs because he had made many friends with Aztecs, and probably felt bad for their illnesses knowing that it was spread by the Spanish and explores.

3a. Because even though they work for the Christians, they didn’t want them to be interpreted as slaves. Since they were doing the work for the Christians and making profit for Spain, they felt as if treating them with respect and letting them live with the Christians would show them that they aren’t being treated poorly and that they appreciate their work.

3b. Yes because they seemed to have been true to their word and not let down the monarch.

4a. Farming, and war craft has changed dramatically in American society. Natives before planted by hand and used spears and archers’ when fighting, and now has changed to guns, metal weapons and machines to help us do the planting.

4b. The creation of new colonies, spreading of crops and animals.