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Portuguese colonization of the Americas

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AP World History Questions 1450-1750 ?Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the wares and things of your Kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, seize many of our people, freed and exempt men, and they kidnap even nobles and the sons of nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the Whites who are in our Kingdoms.? The quotation above comes from a 1526 letter to a European monarch from a king located: a) on the eastern coast of Africa b) on the western coast of Africa c) on the Pacific coast of Central America d) on the Pacific coast of South America e) in the Pacific Islands Answer: B The economies of the southern colonies of colonial British America developed most like colonial economies in:

A people and a nation chapter 1 outline

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European Exploration 9/9/13 9:55 AM Why Exploration? What changed in Europe in the mid 1400s-1500s that exploration of the world becomes a focus? Consolidation of power in England, France and Spain Those in power and future monarchs get more control over their land Invention of the triangle sail (rather than square sail). They can now control the ship better and take advantage of the wind and sail farther into the Atlantic. Before they were trapped in the Mediterranean Printing press Created in Germany Marco Polo?s ?Travels? becomes more widely available. This increases peoples? interest in exploration. Increases communication between countries and within a country. Seek people to come and help explore Exiting the Dark Ages

Chapter 17 the Earth and Its People Notes

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CHAPTER 17 The Maritime Revolution, to 1550 I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from the Malay Peninsula crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. 2. Polynesian expansion was the result of planned voyages undertaken with the intention of establishing colonies. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land. B. The Indian Ocean 1. Malayo-Indonesians colonized the island of Madagascar in a series of voyages that continued through the fifteenth century.
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