Different Worlds Meet

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Different Worlds Meet

• Old World and New World

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1) Why It Matters

• Although the English have been the major
  influence on U.S. history, they are only part of
  the story. Beginning with Native Americans and
  continuing through time, people from many
  cultures came to the Americas.

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2) The Impact Today

• The Americas today consist of people from
  cultures around the globe.

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New World
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3) Pangaea

• Super Continent
• Due to tectonic plates shifting, continents began
  to drift apart

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4) Beringia

• Land bridge that connected Siberia (Russia) to
  present-day Alaska
• Existed about 10,000 B.C. during last Ice Age
• As glaciers melted, land bridge was covered by
  water

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5) Early Americans

• Archaeologists believe that hunter-gatherers from
  Asia followed animals across land bridge and
  spread throughout the Americas
• Began to settle down to form villages when large
  animals died off
• Learned agricultural techniques
• Experts believe that there were once as many as
  70 million Native Americans living in the Americas

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Old World
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6) European People

• In 1450, there were about 70 million people
  living in Europe
• Majority of people were poor farmers who were
  ruled by a few (feudalism)
• Shared common religion -gt Christianity
• People did not know about New World because
  there was no written history of Pangaea

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7) Renaissance

• Period of renewed interest in Classical Greece
  and Rome

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8) Christianity

• Main Church in Europe -gt Roman Catholic
• Reinforced social class order
• Protestant Reformation changed the way people
  viewed the Church

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9) European Countries

• Powerful nations emerged out of Renaissance
• England
• France
• Portugal
• Spain
• Looked for ways to increase power and wealth

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10) Age of Exploration 1/2

• Europeans began searching for sea route to Asia
• Technological advances allowed for better travels
• Caravel
• Magnetic compass
• Astrolabe

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10) Age of Exploration 2/2

• Portugal and Spain traveled down the west coast
  of Africa
• Slave trade flourished

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11) Christopher Columbus 1/2

• Italian explorer who wanted to find the western
  sea route to Asia
• Sailed for Spain who was jealous of Portugals
  success
• Thought Asia was 2 months west of Europe

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11) Christopher Columbus 2/2

• Oct. 12, 1492 -gt discovered land at 2 a.m.
• 3 ships
• Nina
• Pinta
• Santa Maria
• Thought he was in the East Indies
• Called land San Salvador
• Made 3 more voyages 1493, 1498, 1502
• Claimed all explored land for Spain

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12) Spanish Influence on the Americas

• Brought European food, animals, and diseases to
  New World
• Converted natives to Catholicism
• Brought 1st African slaves

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13) English, French, and Dutch Exploration

• All were looking for Northwest Passage to Asia

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14) French Colonization

• Viewed North America as a place to make through
  fishing fur trapping

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15) Dutch Colonization

• Dutch West India Company established colony on
  Manhattan Island in 1621 called New Amsterdam

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16) Why America?

• Economic Gain
• Europeans believed in economic theory of
  Mercantilism -gt a nations power is based on its
  wealth
• Nation Rivalry
• Religious Freedom

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17) Columbian Exchange

• Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
  that occurred as a result of the New World
  being discovered

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