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Week at a glance 10.14
Date 10.14 10.15 10.16/17 10.18

Objective No school Indiginous Finishing Unit 3 exam SWBAT analyze the SWBAT analyze the
Peoples Day effects of the effects of
Columbian mercantilism in the
Exchange on the early modern era.
Americas, Africa,
and Europe.

CCRS Mastery
Quiz: Draw
Conclusions​ #1
(Non-Fiction)

Standards Vocab words and ENV 4.D: Explain the GOV 4.H: Explain
concepts will be given causes of the how rulers employed
as homework. Columbian economic strategies
Exchange and its to consolidate and
effects on the maintain power
Eastern and Western throughout the period
Hemispheres. from 1450 to 1750.

SIO 4.G: Explain Historical Thinking

changes and Skill 6.A: Make a
continuities in historically defensible
systems of slavery in claim.
the period from 1450
to 1750. CLR—Locate Details

ECN 4.I: Explain the

continuities and
changes in networks
of exchange from
1450 to 1750.

Historical Thinking
Skill 5.A: Identify
patterns among or
connections between
historical
developments and
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processes.

CLR—Draw
Conclusions

Highest Leverage Ming Dynasty, Zheng Prince Henry, Vasco da Columbian mercantilism, royal
Vocab He, treasure ships Gama, volta do mar, Exchange, Great fifth, balance of
Northwest Passage, Dying, cassava, trade, joint-stock
caravel demographic, Benin, company, monopoly
Dahomey, cash
crops, encomiendas,
haciendas

Key Points ·​ ​When ·​ ​Mercantilism

Europeans arrived developed in the
in the Americas, context of
they brought competition
diseases with between
them for which European states
Native Americans for the profits of
had no immunity global trade.
(smallpox,
measles, ·​ ​It is an
influenza) which economic theory
led to the “Great in which
Dying” in which governments
90% of the natives attempt to
died off. Many of maintain a
those who favorable balance
remained were of trade by
forced to work on encouraging
plantations or in exports and
silver mines. limiting imports.
Central to this is
·​ ​Europeans exploration and
brought things like colonization to
cattle, horses, gain control of raw
pigs, wheat, and materials and
spices to the precious metals,
Americas, where often facilitated
they spread both through the
intentionally and granting of
unintentionally. monopolies.
They also spread
cash crops such ·​ ​The rise of
as sugar, which joint-stock
was well suited to companies such
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the American as the British and

climate. Dutch East India
Companies helped
·​ ​From Africa, encourage riskier
the most important exploration
crop to spread to through a
the Americas was combination of
rice, but other government
crops like okra, protection and
millet, peanuts, distributed risk;
and yams also these companies
spread along with became quite
the slave trade. powerful in world
New crops such trade.
as cassava and
potatoes spread to ·​ ​Effects of
Europe and Africa mercantilism
respectively, included:
where they increased wealth
became staple of countries and
foods. governments
which led to more
·​ ​In Africa, the cultural
Columbian production,
Exchange led to policies to limit or
greater and direct trade and
involuntary subsequent
migration due to smuggling,
the slave trade. alliances and
conquest over
·​ ​Although colonies and trade
some African routes.
kingdoms became
wealthier due to ·​ ​Socially,
the slave trade, merchants
Europeans became a
generally saw profitable and
more wealth as a powerful new
result of the class of elites due
Columbian to the rise in
Exchange. global trade profits
and the monopoly
·​ ​As part of power granted
cash crop merchants and
agriculture, forests trading
were clear-cut to companies.
make way for
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plantations, which ·​ ​Strong LEQ

in turn depleted theses are
the soil as single evaluative—they
crops were take a stance
planted in the rather than merely
same places year listing changes,
after year. causes,
similarities, etc.
·​ ​To break For example, they
down a long essay might identify one
prompt, identify cause as most
the topic, dates, significant or
and terms as well argue that the
as the historical changes outweigh
reasoning process the continuities.
that best fits the
prompt. Then, use
categories of
analysis or
sub-questions to
activate your
knowledge,
brainstorm
evidence, and set
up your argument.

Student Students often Students may be

Misconceptions believe that the confused about the
population in the role of colonies in
Americas and Africa mercantilism.
decreased due to the Technically the
Columbian mother country is not
Exchange. Although “exporting” to the
there were factors colony, since the
that caused a loss of colony is part of the
population, the same country.
migration of Instead, they are a
Europeans and source of “free”
Africans to the resources and
Americas and the materials.
spread of new staple
crops to Africa both
fueled a net
population increase.

Exit ticket Develop an Develop an

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argument that argument that

compares the evaluates the most
effects of the significant effect of
Columbian mercantilism in the
Exchange in two of early modern era.
the following
regions between
1500 and 1750:
Africa, Americas, Break down the
Europe. prompt and write a
thesis.

Break down the

prompt and write a
thesis.

Wed/ Thurs 10/16-17

Nunn, “The Columbian Exchange”

“Alfred Crosby on the Columbian

Exchange”

World History for Us All, “The

Columbian Exchange and Its
Consequences”

All documents in Day 4 file:

Duc de Saint-Simon, “The Court of Louis XIV”

Tyrell, report to Philip Stephens

De Bry, engraving of the mines at Potosi

Clive, report of Battle of Plassey

Roma, “The East Offering Its Riches to Britannia”