Florida‚ but was never able to find the fountain of youth. John Cabot – an Italian explorer who set sail in 1497 searching for the Northwest Passage. He searched the northern coast of North America but was unsuccessful looking for the passage. Amerigo Vespucci – an explorer who sailed in 1499 along the coast of South America and started the map of Americas. Hernan Cortez – one of the famous Spanish conquistadors‚ who sailed in 1519 from Cuba to Mexico. He was able to defeat the Aztec Empire with
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Both had new military technology. The Portuguese exploration was encouraged by Prince Henry the Navigator. Some famous explorers were Bartholomeu Diaz‚ Vasco de Gama‚ and Amerigo Vespucci. All were looking to find the spice route to India and only Vasco de Gama was able to reach it in 1498. Portugal eventually was successful in having trade stations in India‚ Africa‚ China‚ and the East Indies. Christopher Columbus’ exploration
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Vincent N. Parrillo. Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States. Ninth Edition. Allyn and Bacon. (text book referred to for integrating concepts). NOTE: If you purchased an earlier edition of the Parrillo text‚ be advised that the material will in places be on different pages from the 9th edition and you are responsible for the material as it appears in the 9th Edition. Raymond Krech. The Ecological Indian. The Ecological Indian Book Review: For this assignment
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South America and North America are named after Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci‚ who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not part of the East Indies‚ but an entirely separate landmass. The Isthmus of Panama divides North America and South America. The narrow Isthmus of Panama contains the country of
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thus Portugal was a great outlet for getting goods. The Portuguese traded horses‚ saddles‚ coth‚ wine‚ salt‚ lead in exchange for gold. They also started to trade goods for slaves and trade them throughout the European economy. Explorers like Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Colombus lead conquest and exploration overseas to expand the European horizon and reclaim the title of most dominant continent in the
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-1America Government Midterm Review 1. Evolution Ÿ America gets name from Amerigo Vespucci Ÿ 1756: Britain and France at war over land (French/Indian) Ÿ Britain owned most of east America Ÿ Britain retreated in 1771 Ÿ First form of government: Articles of Confederation Ÿ Louisiana Purchase: 828‚000 square miles of land from France in 1803. French controlled from 1699 to 1762 when it became Spanish property. Napoleon Bonaparte revived aspirations to build an empire in North America
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Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people
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hostility between the new and the old world people. It also came with the Columbian exchange between the new and old world. Columbus discovers convinced other explorers of Portugal and Spain that these were new lands. Which brought over Amerigo Vespucci to explore and eventually naming the new continents after him “America”. (From Richard Bulliet et al.‚ The Earth and Its Peoples‚ v. 2‚ 5th edn (Wadsworth/Cengage‚ 2012)‚ pg. 364). In the Americas there were already people living there‚ like
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it happened. The teachings of protestant theologians such as Martin Luther and John Calvin permanently ruined Europe’s religious unity. Amerigo Vespucci: An Italian Explorer that discovered that the new world was in fact not Asia but an entirely different landmass under contract from Portugal. The name America is generally accredited to Amerigo Vespucci. Treaty of Tordesillas: A line drawn north to south 270 leagues west of Azones‚ which divided the world into ownership between Portugal and
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Sir Thomas More was born on February 7‚ 1478 on Milk Street in London. More was the son of Sir John More who was a successful lawyer who later became a judge. From 1490 to 1492 More served as the Archbishop of Canterbury‚ John Morton’s‚ household page. More received his education from Oxford beginning in 1492 where he became proficient in both Latin and Greek; however‚ he was forced by his father to withdraw to study legal matters. More was an English lawyer‚ social philosopher‚ author‚ statesman
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