THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

1. AGE OF DISCOVERY
2. WORLD EXPLORATION
3. SLAVE TRADE

4. PLANTATION
5. PIRATE QUEST
6. COLUMBUS
7. MAGELLAN
8. KIDS’ STORIES
9. KIDS

The Age of Discovery refers to a period in European history in which several extensive overseas exploration journeys took place. Religion, scientific and cultural curiosity, economics, imperial dominance, and riches were all reasons behind this transformative age.

The Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery) began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s. It was a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.

SPAIN – DISCOVERY

1. SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD
2. PHILIP 2nd
3. HAITIAN REVOLT
4. ISABELLA OF CASTILE
5. ARMADA PLAY
6. ELIZABETH1ST AND SPAIN
7. SPANISH ARMADA
8. HOW THE BRITISH BEAT THE SPANISH

In 1492 Columbus discovered the New World of the Americas. Portugal​ and ​Spain became the early leaders in the Age of Exploration. Through the Treaty of Tordesillas, the two countries agreed to divide up the New World. Spain got most of the Americas while Portugal got Brazil, India, and Asia

BRITISH – DISCOVERY

1. BRITISH KINGS

   

1. SIR WALTER RALEIGH
2. MARTIN FROBISHER

Like the other European countries, England was motivated in part by the lure of both riches and the Northwest Passage. In 1606, King James I granted a charter to colonize Virginia to the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company of investors who believed there was a profit to be made