Christopher Columbus Virginia Company Peter Stuyvesant Columbian Exchange Pocahontas Indentured Servants Conquistadores Powhatan Confederacy Rebellion Bacon’s Samuel de Champlain John Rolfe Mercantilism Francisco Pizarro House of Burgesses Stono Rebellion Encomienda system Lord Baltimore John Locke James Oglethorpe Baron Montesquieu Herńan Cortés Jonathan Edwards Part III Essential Questions (EQs): Answer each of the following in a full Paragraph. 1. Were the or were they conquered? Americas “discovered” 2. There were differences in the approaches to exploration or colonization among those who showed interest in the Americas (Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, and English). Why were some of these successful and why were some failures over time? 3. Analyze the effects of the Columbian exchange (the interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World) on population and economy in Europe and the Americas from 1500 to 1700. Part IV Differing Opinions DBQ: Columbus: Hero or Villain ? Analyze the following documents and apply at least 3 of them in your answer to the question. Was Christopher Columbus a hero of a Villain? Document 1 This extraordinary man, who was now about twenty-seven years of age, appears to have united in his character every trait, and to have possessed every tallant, requisite to form and execute the greatest enterprizes. He was early educated in all the useful sciences that were taught in that day. He had made great proficiency in geography, astronomy and drawing, as they were necessary to his favourite pursuit of navigation. He had now been a number of years in the service of the Portuguese, and had acquired all the experience that their voyages and discoveries could afford. His courage and perseverance had been put to the severest test, and the exercise of every amiable and heroic virtue rendered him universally known and respected.
Christopher Columbus Columbian Exchange Conquistadores Samuel de Champlain Francisco Pizarro Encomienda system Herńan Cortés Virginia Company Pocahontas Powhatan Confederacy John Rolfe House of Burgesses Lord Baltimore James Oglethorpe Peter Stuyvesant Indentured Servants Bacon’s Rebellion Mercantilism Stono Rebellion John Locke Baron Montesquieu Jonathan Edwards Part III Essential Questions (EQs): Answer each of the following in a full Paragraph. 1. Were the Americas “discovered” or were they conquered? 2. There were differences in the approaches to exploration or colonization among those who showed interest in the Americas (Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, and English). Why were some of these successful and why were some failures over time? 3. Analyze the effects of the Columbian exchange (the interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World) on population and economy in Europe and the Americas from 1500 to 1700. Part IV Differing Opinions DBQ: Columbus: Hero or Villain ? Analyze the following documents and apply at least 3 of them in your answer to the question. Was Christopher Columbus a hero of a Villain? Document 1 This extraordinary man, who was now about twenty-seven years of age, appears to have united in his character every trait, and to have possessed every tallant, requisite to form and execute the greatest enterprizes. He was early educated in all the useful sciences that were taught in that day. He had made great proficiency in geography, astronomy and drawing, as they were necessary to his favourite pursuit of navigation. He had now been a number of years in the service of the Portuguese, and had acquired all the experience that their voyages and discoveries could afford. His courage and perseverance had been put to the severest test, and the exercise of every amiable and heroic virtue rendered him universally known and respected.
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