Age of Discovery Class Outline

I. Read in your textbook about Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson (pages 15-6)

II. European Expansion

a. Commercial Motivations

b. Technology Improvements

c. Development of Nation States

d. Read about Christopher Columbus (pages 18-21)

III. Treaty of Tordesillas

IV. Columbian Exchange

V. Spanish Conquest

a. Overview

b. Spanish Technology

c. The Conquistadores

i. Hernando Cortes

ii. Francisco Pizzaro

iii. Hernando de Soto

iv. Francisco Coronado

v. Encomiendas

vi. St. Augustine, Florida

VI. French Attempts at Colonization

i. Giovanni da Verazano

ii. Jacques Cartier

VII. Blending of the People Groups

 a. Mestizos

b. Mulatto

VIII. Read about New Mexico in textbook (Pages 36-8)

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