European Exploration of North America
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Objective
I can describe reasons why Europeans explored North America and what happened when they met Native Americans.
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Key concepts
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The European Age of Exploration, from the early 1400s through the 1600s, involved European nations exploring the world and finding new routes to places like India and the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus, sponsored by the Spanish monarchs Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, set sail in 1492 with the intention of finding a new route to the East Indies, but instead landed in the Caribbean Islands.
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The arrival of European explorers had a devastating impact on the Indigenous Taino people, who faced enslavement, exposure to new diseases, and ultimately a significant decline in their population by the mid-1500s.
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Practice
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What was the main goal of Prince Henry the Navigator in the early 1400s?
Why was salt considered a valuable commodity during the Age of Exploration?
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“Name two reasons why Europeans wanted to explore North America. Also, describe one thing that happened to the Native Americans when the Europeans arrived.”
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