Question: How did the Europeans expand their power in the world in the 16th century?
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- Discovering which countries took the lead in colonizing
- Reasons for colonizing
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Notes
Draw the 3 routes in your map Use different colours
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776
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1153
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1290
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Silkroad
The trade between Asia and Europe is going on for centuries. Marco Polo wrote about his travel to China in 1298. Products were wanted, but expensive.
Which products were popular?
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Portugese
Searching for a different route, using globes and a compass
Coast of West-Africa
1498 Vasco da Gama first to go around Africa to India
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Spaniards
Went on a different route to find India. But landed on a new comtinent
1492 Christoffel Columbus San Salvador
Indians
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and the Dutch..?
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the Dutch
Failed to find the northern route
Went South like the Portugese and called Asia 'the East'. (Oost)
Trading posts in Indonesia (Java)
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How did the Europeans expand their power in the world in the 16th century?
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Europeans wanted to discover a new route to India, because this was expensive and slow. By going on a voyage they discovered new areas as well. They established trading posts by force and became rich from trading the Asian/ American products.
