Monday-
Watch James Comey interview
Tuesday-
Portugal starting Process of Exploration
- On ocean and close to Africa
- Africa provided gold, ivory and slaves
- Government was supportive of exploration
- King's son, Prince Henry, financed 14 explorations along coast of Africas
Spain makes a claim
- Columbus convinces king to get to Asia by going West
- landed on Caribbean thinking it was the East indies
Spain vs. Portugal
- Portugal assumed that Columbus reaches Asia
- Believed that Spain was trying to claim lands that should be Portugal's
- 1493- Pope Alexamder VI stepped in to keep peace
- Pope announced the Line of Demarcation that said all lands east of line would be Spain's and all lands west would be Portugal's
- A year later after portugal complained, the line was moved farther west with the Treaty of Tordesillas
European Countries Desire for Asia
- Portugal led the European voyages to Asia
- 1509- Portugal defeated a Muslim fleet off the coast of India which allowed Portugal to start dominating the area
- By defeating the Muslims, Europeans no longer relied on the Italians for Asian goods
Wednesday-
- 1521- Magellan arrives in the Philippines
British East India Company
- Lost the Dutch East Indies to the Dutch and then focused on India
- The company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in cotton, silkk, indigo dye, salt, saltpeter, tea, and opium
- 1600-1874
Dutch East India Company
- considered to be the worlds first worldwide coorporation
- first to issue bonds and stocks
Thursday-
Test over Exploration
Friday-
Presentation
Choose 1 individual
someone that had a huge impact on world history
Karl Marx
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