Hey Y’all!
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Write down your Focus, Essential Question, Objective,
and Homework from the board. Once
Draw the two charts located on the WHITE BOARD into
your notebook. Be sure to leave space for notes. Title
the page “American Colonization”
Once you are done, turn to your data tracker in your
notebook (inside back cover of your notebook) and
write the following assignments
Causes of Exploration Quiz
 Columbian Exchange and Slave Trade Quiz
 I will call you up one by one to give you your quiz grade.
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COLONIZATION 101
How did COMPETITION for resources influence
colonization?
What is colonization?
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Colonization or Colonialism is the taking over of a
country for its resources.
Colony – a territory under control of a mother
country, which is settled by a group of people.
 Examples
– 13 colonies of America were settled by the
British.
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We see this occurring after the Columbian
Exchange.
Europeans began to take over countries in the New
World to gain more resources.
Let’s Process
How would competition for
resources (Starburst) between
different countries influence
colonization?
 Did the demonstration seem fair to
the colonized country?
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God, Gold, Glory AND…
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God – the want to spread religion. The idea that
Europeans were supposed to take over the New
World
Gold – the want to be wealthy by gathering riches
Glory – the want to be famous.
Imperialism
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Building one’s country by acquiring (taking over)
other lands.
Europeans did this to enhance their empire. The
population in many European countries was growing
and their was a want to expand territory.
Encomienda
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A legal system that was used mainly by the Spanish
to regulate Native American labor in the Spanish
colonies.
Viceroy (General) was appointed to be responsible
for the natives.
 Had
to convert them to Christianity and teach them
Spanish language.
 Then forced the natives to harvest crops and mine for
gold.
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Signed by the Pope (Leader of the Catholic church)
in 1494
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TWO YEARS AFTER COLUMBUS LANDED!!!
 Gave Portugal control of everything in Latin America to
the EAST of the Line of Demarcation.
 Gave Spain control of everything to the WEST of the
Line of Demarcation.
Casta (Caste) System
Peninsulares
– MAJORITY
OF THE
POWER
• Born in Spain
Creoles
• Spanish mom and dad, but born in
the New World
Mestizos/Mullatoes
Africans/Slaves – MAJORITY OF THE
POPULATION
• Mestizo – Spanish father
Native mom
• Mullato – Spanish father,
African mom
Exit Ticket
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Explain how competition for
resources influences
colonization in 2-3 complete
sentences.