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Exploration

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 EconomicMotivesforExploration

Theeconomicpush/pullfactorsfordiscoveringthesenewlandswere
thattheywantedtogetgold,diamonds,andalsowantedtoconquerland
whiletakingthelandofnatives.Thedesiretogetgoldwasgreat,some
wouldevencreatetraderoutestofindtheseplaceswheregoldwaspresent.
Mostexplorerswouldalsoconquerthelandthattheydiscoveredandrakedit
forgold,diamonds,anddeliciousfruits.Otherexplorerswouldgoandlook
forspicesthatwereforeignandedible.Thissourceshowstheeconomicpush
andpullfactors.Pullfactorswerethattheywouldhavethenativesscared
awayfromtheirlandorkilledsotheywereabletotakewhattheywanted
fromthelands.Thepushfactorswerethattheexplorersandtheexplorers
nativelandwouldbeabletobecomerichaftergettingtheseresourcesand
theywereabletoestablishnewtraderouteswiththenewlydiscoveredlands.

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 ReligiousMotivesforExploration

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OneofthereasonsforexplorationwastospreadChristianitytonewplaces.
Explorerswoulddiscovernewlandsandconqueritwhilemaintainingtheir
nativereligion.SomewouldforcethereligionupontheNativepeopletothe
land.SometimesReligionwasquestionedfromtheNatives.Somepush
factorswerethattheywereabletospreadtheirideaofthereligion.Somepull
factorswerethattheywouldforcethereligionandthatcouldcausethe
Nativestothinkitwasabadreligion.Alsomakingareligionbarrierbetween
theNativesandtheExplorers.Thissourceshowsthesefactorsbyshowing
thespreadofreligionandwhatEuropeancountrybelievedwhat.Italso
showshowtheNativeswerediscludedinthereligionbyonlyshowingthe
areasthattheEuropeanstookover.Thesourcealsoshowsthatmanyof
Nativesgotharmedfornotbelievinginwhattheeuropeansbelievedin.

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 PoliticalMotivesforExploration

Politicallydiscoveriestothenewislandsestablishedahighersocialrankfor
theexplorersontheirmainland.Alsonewhierarchieswereformedthat
includedtheNatives.Somepushfactorsinthepoliticaldiscoveriesofthe
newworldwasthatthepeoplewhodiscoverednewlandsautomaticallygota
higherspotinthesocialpyramidaswellasexpandingtheirlandtonew
areas.Somepullfactorswerethatsincethenewlandcamewithnewpeople
findingawaytogovernthemwashard.Thissourceshowsthepoliticalpush
andpullfactorsbytakingthepowerawayfromthenativesandgivingitto
thepersonwhodiscoveredtheland.Thisalsoshowsthepushandpullfactors
bygivingthediscoverthelandwhichcouldmakethemrichandcanhave
politicalpoweroverthatland.

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 ColumbusConquestofHispaniola

Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: Simon &

Schuster, 2008. Print.

Inthissourceitshowshowcolumbustookoverthenewislandtryingnotto
leaveanyfree.HeconqueredalltheislandsandcalleditHispaniola.Inhis
depictionoftheNativesthatlivedontheislandhemadethemseem
intelligentaswellandcraftyandresourceful.ThisdepictionoftheNatives
ledmanytorethinkhowtheylivedandiftheyreallylivedintelligently.This
causedthenewworldtoharshlyjudgetheNatives.Thenativesalsoperceived
Columbusasagoodpersonafterhegavethemmanylittletrinketsthathe
deemedwerevaluable.Thissourcealsoshowsthatthisdescriptionofthe
Nativesledtothestartofracismaswellasthestartofthenewhierarchy
thatincludedthenativesandAfricanslaveworkers.

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 SpanishEncomiendaSystem

Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: Simon &

Schuster, 2008. Print.

Thespanishencomiendasystemwasasystemtoreplacethetributesystem
tocolumbus.Thespanishencomiendasystemensuredslaveryandforced
laborfromnotonlytheNativesbutfromsomecolonistsaswell.Thissystem
alsowasbroughttoSpainandwasthemainsystemformedinHaiti.This
sourceshowsthedrawbacksbyshowingtheslaverytheNativeshadtodo.
TheseNativeswouldgoasfarakillingthemselvesfroallthehardforced
labortheywereputthroughandcouldnottake.Thisalsoshowsthepermits
byrevealingthewaysofhowSpaingotlotsofgoldtogotrich.Someother
permitstotheEncomiendasystemwasthatitensuredtherebelliousnessthe
Nativesbyshowingthemhowharshthepunishmentswereiftheydidnt
followtherules.

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 DiseaseEpidemics

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Theoverallimpactsofthediseasestotheindigenouspeopleweregreat.
Manyofthesediseaseskilledoffthemajorpopulationofthesepeople.This
sourceshowshowexplorersaswellascolumbusintroducedthenewdiseases
totheseindigenouspeopleandthemnothavingagoodresistancetoitand
didn'thavearesilientwaytofightofftheforeignbacteria.Thisledtotheir
populationdyingout.Thepopulationdecreasedgreatlygoingfromthe
millionstothethousands.Manyoftheotherpeopleweren'tjustdyingfrom
thesediseasesbuttheslaveryaswell.Thesediseaseskilledoffabout90%of
theWholenativeamericanpopulationandslaverymadeitworsebykilling
offthesmallportionleft.Thisiswhatmadethepopulationlowandhowthe
diseasescontributedtothefalloftheNatives.

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 CortesconquestoftheAztecs

"Hernando Cortes and the Aztec Civilization." Udemy. Gerald Franz. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

ThissourceshowsthatthenativeswereaffectedbytheExplorersbringing
thediseasemeaslesaswellasconqueringthemandkidnappingthem.After
thekidnappingtheywouldputthemintoslaverywiththeotherNatives.The
Nativesperceivedhimasgoodbeinghisalliesatfirstandshowinghim
wherethegoldwasontheirland.Eventuallytheirviewchangedfrombeing
alliesbecauseofthesewrongdoingsthathedid.Suchaskidnappingand
slavery.TheAztecsstartedtochangetheirperspectiveofhimafterhekilled
andkidnappedmanyofthepeopleaswellaskilltheiremperor.Theystarted
todislikehimafterthisbecauseafterkillingthekingCorteswouldmake
themdoforcedlaborlikealltheotherexplorers.Thissourcealsoshowsthat
cortesandhispeoplewouldkillmanyoftheAztecsfornotgettinghimwhat
hewanted.

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 PizarrosConquestoftheInca

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ThissourceshowsthattheNativeswereaffectedbyexplorationbygetting
diseasesaswellasgettingkilledoffbyslavery.ThenativesperceivedPizarro
asabadpersoninitiallyafterhekidnappedtheiremperorandaskedfora
ransom.Although,intheendheendedupkillinghimanyway.Theirviewof
himneverchangedashemadethingworsebysellingthemintoslavery,
makingthemmineforgold,enforcedforcedlabor,aswellaskillingthemoff
withmanyoftheeuropeandiseases.ItstayedthiswaybecausePizarro
wantedtoconquertheirlandinitiallywithoutshowinganykindof
gentlenesswiththeseindians.

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 MiddlePassage

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InthissourceitshowsthemanystrugglesoftheMiddlepassage.Theships
wouldcontainsomanypeoplethattheywouldlayheadtofeetandshoulder
toshoulder.Whensomeonediedtheywouldhavetoleavethemthereuntil
thevoyagewasover.TheMiddlePassagewentinatriangulartraderoute
thattradedthingsbetweenEurope,Africa,andThenewamericas.Whatwas
mostlytradedwereAfricanslaves.Theseslaveswereputonboatsandwere
sailedtoEuropeandwereusedasslavesthereintheircountry.About20%of
theAfricanontheboatdiedonthewaythere.ThisTraderouteplayed
enormouslyintheTransatlanticslavetrade.Thetransatlanticslavetradewas
atraderoutebetweentheatlanticoceanthatformedatriangle.Thismiddle
passageisoneofthemainwaysthatslavescametoeurope.Manyofthese
slavesthatwereintroducedfromtheTransatlanticslavetradewereafrican
slavesthatweabroadtheMiddlePassageships.

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 AfricanSlaveryinthenewworld

"A Journey Through the Atlantic Slave Trade (with Images) Econtino22." Storify. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

ThissourceshowsthatAfricanSlaveryinthenewworldwasveryprevalent.
Africanslaveswereinbigdemandafterfindingoutthattheywereimmune
tomanydiseases.TheNativesweren'taspopularbecausetheEuropeans
discoveredthattheyhasnoimmunitytotheirforeignbacteria.Whichledto
themtodiequickly.Anotherreasonwhyafricanslavesweresodesiredwas
becausetheycoulddomuchhardlabor.AgaintheseNativescouldn'tdo
muchofthehardforcedlaborbecausetheyweren'tusedtotheconditions
makingtheseAfricansbetterforuse.Overalltheworklabortheafricancan
upholdandimmunityofthemanydiseases,Africansmadethemore
desirableslavethantheNativesmakingthemthemostwantedslavesin
Europe.

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 ColumbianExchange

ThissourceshowsthatthecolumbianExchangewasreferredtothetimewherenew
ideas,disease,food,andtechnologywastradedbetweenthenewworldandtheold
world.Food&cropsthatwereexchangedwereSugarcane,Maize,andpotatoes.New
ideasthatwerespreadwasanAlphabet,Architecture,andthatreligionwasamajor
thing.Somenewtechnologiesthatspreadwereweapons/firearmcapabilitiesand
toolsthatcouldbeusedforfarming.AlotofdiseaseswerespreadintheColumbian
exchangewhichwere,Smallpox,Measles,Malaria,Yellowfever,Influenza,Chicken
pox,Syphilis,Polio,Hepatitis,andEncephalitis.TheColumbianexchangeworkedby
tradingfoodonshipbetweenthenewlandfoundthroughoceantraderoutes.When
sendingtheNativestoEuropeforslaverymanyofthemcontractedthediseasethere
oronthetripthere.Whatalsowastreatedwhilethiswashappeningwastheideaof
weaponryandfirearmsaswellasnewwaystoformbuildings,Architecture.Much
ofthetradehappenedbetweentheOldworld,Europeans,andtheNewworld,
natives.Thiswasverysuccessfulbecauseitproducethelargeblendofcultureand
thediscoveryofmanynewitemsthatarestillusedalottoday.Thisiswhythe
ColumbianExchangewassogreat.

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 SocialstructuresintheNewWorld

"Key Concept 4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production." Key Concept 4.2 New Forms of Social Organization

and Modes of Production - AP Worldipedia. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

Inthissourceitshowsthenewsocialorderinthenewworld.Thesocial
hierarchychangedgreatlyafterdiscoveringthesenewlandinthenewworld.
Thesocialhierarchyshowstheblendofspanishandnativeamericans,shows
howtheAfricanslavesweretreatedaswellashowlowlythenewworld
indigenouspeopleweseenasintheEuropeansociety.Thesocialstructure
comprisesof6levels,1stthePeninsulares,therichspaniardmen,2ndthe
Criollos,thedescendantsofthesepeninsulares,3rdtheMestizoswhichwasa
blendofthespanishandtheeuropean,4thMulattoes,theblendofthe
AfricansandtheEuropeans,5ththeNativeamericansandlasttheAfrican
slaves.Thishierarchywasdevelopedtoshowthesocialorderincludingthese
newfoundraces.Initiallythiswasnewaplantothecolonistswhen
discoveringthenewworldbutbecameaplanafterthetradingofslaves
betweeneuropeandnewland.

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 EuropeanEmpiresintheNewWorld

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ThissourceshowsalloftheterritoriescoverintheNewworld.Manyofthese
newworldterritorieswereislandsoftheAmericaswereinsouthamerica.
ThemajorityofthetheterritoryconqueredintheNewworldweremadeby
theSpanishconquerors,Frenchconquerors,Portugueseconquerorsandthe
Britishconquerors.TheEnglishthencameadsuccessfullystabilizedcolonies
andplantationagricultureintheAmericas.Thefrenchwerealsosuccessful
inbeingabletostabilizelargetradingnetworksintheAmericas.Some
conflictswerethattheEuropeansnowstartedtocompetetoformnew
settlementsorcoloniesintheNewworld,Americas.

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 EffectonEuropeanPopulations

Nye, James. "Fascinating New Graph Shows the 'economic History of the World since Jesus'" Daily Mail Online. Associated

Newspapers, 23 June 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

Theeffectofthediscoverednewworldwasgreatbecauseoftheincreasein
population.Thissourceshowshowgreatlytheeuropeanpopulationgrew
afterthediscoveringoftheseNativesinthe1500s-1600s.Thismajor
populationincreasewascausedbythemajorproductionofcornwhichcarries
manynutrientsandwhatkepthepopulationfullandgrowing.Anotherfactor
wastheblendingofthenativesandtheEuropeanpeople.Manyofthese
nativeswerebroughttoeuropeasslavesandthenendedupblendingwith
theeuropeanpopulationincreasingit.Thesefactorsmadethepopulationrise
becausethishappenedforcontinuousyearsintheEuropeanaramakingthe
populationsteadilyincrease.Whatalsohelpedthepopulationincreasewas
thattheEuropeansmadenewtechnologicaladvancesfortheircitiesaswell
asnewweaponry.

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 EffectonEuropeanEconomics

Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: Simon &

Schuster, 2008. Print.

EconomicallyeuropehadmanyresultposttothethediscoveringoftheNew
world,theAmericas.InthissourceitshowsthattheEuropeansgainlotsof
wealthfromthegoldtheycollectedfromtheseNatives.Theyalsobuiltup
theirowncitiesusingsomeoftheNativesideas.Thediscoveryhelpedthe
Europeansbecauseitbroughtnewresourcesandmorethingslikegoldand
silvertoEuropemakingthemgroweconomically.Addingontheywereable
tomakenewspiceroutesfromwhattheyfoundinthenewworld,WHichled
majortradeandbroughtlotofmoneyforEurope.Whatalsohappenedwas
thatbringingtheseslavestoEuropemadehardlaborgetdoneinaquicker
timemakingtheireconomywellbuiltandreallygreattolivein.Allinall,
EuropegreweconomicallyinaquickamountoftimebecauseoftheseNatives
andtheirresourcesthattheytookfromtheirlands.

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 TIME:ExploreroftheYear
WilliamTheConqueror

"William the Conqueror." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 09 Nov. 2016. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.

Attheageof8,WilliamtheConquerorbecamedukeofNormandyandlater
KingofEngland.AftertheBattleofHastings,in1066,hewascrownedking
ofEngland.HeneverspokeEnglishandwasilliterate,buthehadmore
influenceontheevolutionoftheEnglishlanguagethananyone.Addinga
slewofFrenchandLatinwordstotheEnglishdictionary.Theintroductionof
skilledNormanadministratorsmaybelargelyresponsibleforeventually
makingEnglandthemostpowerfulgovernmentinEurope.Williamruled
Englanduntilhisdeath,onSeptember9,1087,inRouen,France.

IthinktheWilliamtheConquerorwasthemostinfluentialbecausehewas
theonewhostartedthelargedominoeffectonexplorersinthenewworld.
Manyofthecountriesthatweknowtodaywerebecauseoftheeffectofthe
WilliamtheConquerorhadontheseexplorers.Hegavethenewexplorers
beliefindiscoveringtheworldandifhewasn'ttherewhowouldhavedoneit.
ThatitswhyWilliamtheConquerorwasthemostinfluential

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