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What did explorers bring?
The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle. They also carried diseases against which the Indian peoples had no defenses.
What resources were discovered in the New World?
Overview. Gold, silver, and furs attracted European exploration, colonization, and competition in the New World. Rivalries between European nations were often rooted in religious or political feuds taking place in Europe, yet these tensions played out in the theater of the New World.
What was the New World back then?
The New World refers to the western hemisphere, especially the Americas, after the European “age of discovery” beginning in the early 16th century. The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian (before European contact) inhabitants of North America, Mesoamerica , and South America as well as Greenland.
How did explorers broaden the world?
Explorers threw their doors open to new land. People on continents Asia, Africa and Europe were known as the old world and they had access to each other. Europeans broadened there world by introducing the new world, America.
What animals did the Europeans bring to North America?
Europeans introduced such domestic animals as cattle, pigs, chickens, goats, and sheep to North America, with the intent of using the animal meat for food, and hides or wool for clothing. They also inadvertently brought pest animals and plants, such as rats and assorted weeds.
What did European explorers hope to find in the Americas?
European leaders like Spain’s King Ferdinand and the Portuguese prince known as Henry the Navigator financed explorers who wanted to travel across the seas. Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables.
What diseases did European explorers bring to North America?
European explorers carried over several diseases that Native Americans had never encountered before. One such disease was smallpox, a highly contagious disease that had existed in Europe for thousands of years. Over time, the Europeans developed some resistance to it.