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Changes in Europeans views and incentives

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Changes in Europeans views and incentives

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from 500CE to 1500CE Europe was full of very independent, non-adventurous nations, though after a population spike and the discovery of imported goods 14th century, European countries had the rise of merchants and global economy

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Prince Henry the Navigator was the first to truly start exploring but he wanted to round the coast of Africa

Columbus wanted to find a new trade route to Asia by going West

Ran into the Americas instead

He thought he was destined to discover by god

Spain began to devote greater resources to exploring

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First Spanish colonists settled in Caribbean where they attempted to enslave natives and find gold

Hernando Cortes led a military expedition in 1518 to explore Mexico

They met resistance from the Aztecs and their empire

The Conquistadores unleashed a devastating attack on them: Smallpox

It wiped out much of the Native population and allowed them to triumph

They believed smallpox was gods work

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The Bubonic Plague started in 1347 killed around 1/3 of European population. And a rebound in the 15th centery of the European population created a high value for land

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Marco Polo (and other adventurers) brought exotic things from Asia which created a demand for those unique items. This was limited by land travel, but accessibility from boats made merchants common

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European Views AND Discovering America: Prince Henry the Navigator 

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European Views AND Discovering America: Prince Henry the Navigator 

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the Portuguese man inspired people to explore trade routes. This man created a profital boat route across the west coast of Africa and inspired people to find other ways to reach Asia

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Discovering America: Mr. Columbus (the Christaphor) 

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Discovering America: Mr. Columbus (the Christaphor) 

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This dumb dumb wanted to make a trade route to Asia through the ocean going west from Europe to arrive at Asia. grossly under predicted the size of the Earth and ran into the New World. Because Portugal wouldn't fund any of his voyages, he got funding from Spain (an expanding nation at the time)

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Spanish America: stayed in Mexico region and kept a strict connection to Spain, keeping the place as profits via gold and natrual resources

England: mostly in Northern America Virginia area, and focus on settlement (alot of religious groups)

French: mostly in Northern America Quebec area, focus on settlement among natives (alot of murging)

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Hernando Cortes was a Spanish government official in Cuba for 14 years but achieved little success. When he heard stories of great treasures in Mexico, he jumped at the opportunity. He took about 600 men and went in search of them.