Spices and silk The History!...Royalty and merchants of Europe desired silk and spices from Asia...Merchants sent out caravans(groups of traders) to buy desired products silk road. Nov 3 11:32 AM...Problem********two religious belief systems European...God and His son Jesus Middle Eastern... Allah and his prophet Mohammed Both religions claim Jerusalem as their "holy city"...they fight...silk road is cut off to Europeans... Oct 20 3:06 PM 1
Europeans had to find a new route to Asia Started looking for a water route...had to sail around Africa...which is difficult journey at best! On the scene comes Columbus who believes he can sail west and get to Asia because world is round...ran into North America Columbus failed but he found resources GOLD caught the King eyes Nov 4 11:27 AM Colonies are all about getting RESOURCES especially ones that are SCARCE Scarce resources are valuable Nov 4 1:20 PM 2
Topic cards 1.Scarcity 2.Factors of Production... Land what makes it valuable Labor 3 types Capital what is it 3.Entrepreneur 4.Three Questions 5. Consumer Oct 21 10:11 AM To understand the footprints left in the United States by Spain, France and England. Nov 12 11:06 AM 3
Economics 101 1.King is entrepreneur uses "Factors of Production" capital,labor,land 2.Boat and all supplies are capital 3.Captain and crew are labor 4.Country is the land where business takes place Boats are sent to colonies to pick up raw products that are returned to make finished goods (you raise prices on finished goods to make money PROFIT) Nov 8 11:22 AM Columbus named new land West Indies thought he was in India....found gold and discovered a plant that grew really well in the West Indies Sugar people eat it and want more or they turn it into Rum Nov 8 11:30 AM 4
The dark side...spanish and Aztec Indians Spanish used their superior weapons to defeat the Aztec and turn them into slaves who had to work in gold mines the gold was shipped to Spain and turned into finished goods (rings,necklaces,religious items) Nov 1 9:44 AM The Spanish used their technology to cut their labor costs. Slavery is wrong but economically it cuts down on money a business has to pay to laborers makes profit increase. Nov 8 2:54 PM 5
Spain and the New World... 1. Came to share their Catholic Faith wanted to show people how to get to heaven...they built Monasteries(little religious villages church,school, hospital etc) Also known as missions...run by monks, priest, nuns Nov 1 9:49 AM 2. Conquistadors(conquerors...soldiers who came to conquer the Indians and take their resources...wanted the gold Built fortresses to store resources(raw products) and to protect the land from other countries who would try to force their way in...presidios Footprints of Spain 1.Settled predominately in southern regions of US/ Mexico Spanish Language/foods Nov 9 11:15 AM 6
2. Spanish Architecture...stucco outside,arches over windows and arched doorway, tile roofs, ceramic tile, black rod iron Nov 9 12:17 PM 3. Catholic religion is still predominate today 4. presidios and missions are still found standing in many southern areas. France joins the fun! Looking for fuzzy gold! looking for animal skins to make into clothing, coats...etc(finished goods) The french began to trade with the Indians to get furs (They used the Mississippi as a natural water way to ship items) They married into the villages and became part of the family group Nov 10 10:53 AM 7
Footprints of the French 1. left their language in Canada 2. Left their catholic beliefs 3. left their names on land areas in Canada and US (Louisiana) etc.. 4.left food and recipes along Mississippi region gulf coast of Mexico Cajun cooking(hot and spicy) Nov 10 12:59 PM 5. French style architecture...extensive stone or brick,large hip roof lines,gables,symmetrical balance, arched windows and doors Nov 10 12:59 PM 8
England joins the party! last ones to grab a piece of the pie (New World) Background info...henry the 8th created his own church so he could divorce his wife. He called the new church...the church of England = Anglican church. Some people objected and called it phony...they protested...they s became known as protestants... Nov 10 1:28 PM People from England came to New World for 2 reasons 1. Religious freedom...they wanted to get away from Catholic church and Anglican church which they thought were phony and too showy (Puritans and Pilgrims came to America to set up a new and purer place for people to live...new England, New York etc...become a shiny new example to true Christianity to rest of world) Nov 10 1:27 PM 9
2. Investors...people who came to the New World to get resources and $ (green gold) They found that certain cash crops could be grown in New World...crops that are not eaten but grown for $ a. Tobacco...smoked and chewed b. Indigo...plant that makes dark blue purple dye...for clothing c. cotton...clothing etc Nov 12 9:38 AM English Footprints 1. They left the language 2. Public education want everyone to read the Bible for themselves 3. Concept of town square...common area for people to gather with important buildings all around. 4. Copied our legislative branch from England 5. Jury system... where people face their peers when accused of a crime. Nov 12 10:53 AM 10
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