Colonization & Empires
There were more than ______________ _______________ ______________ who lived in the Americas at the time of the European exploration; this is more than the European population at this time.
40 million people
Drake led piracy expeditions earning the Queen's approval and admiration, and the hatred of _______________ ________________ of ______________.
Philip II
Spain
As new lands were opened up and industries which required manpower were established, the trade routes also became a superhighway for the slave traders taking _______________ _______________ to be sold in the Americas for huge profit.
kidnapped Africans
England and France both controlled portions of ___________ ____________, as well as smaller chunks of territory in the Caribbean, Africa, and _____________.
North America
Asia
____________ ____________ was known among his peers to be one of the roughest, most obscene sailors and slave traders. He had refused to listen to his mother's teachings about God and had chosen instead to live a life full of all the evils that came with his trade.
John Newton
In the New World, these Indigenous inhabitants were not one large group of people, In North America alone, there were more than ______________ separate people groups. Many of these groups had their own languages, religions, governments, and cultures, which differed from their neighbors.
350
It was Drake who helped defeat the massive Spanish floating army in their attack on England in ________________. Drake was also the first Englishman to circumnavigate ________________ ________________.
1588
the earth
Although slavery is nothing new and certainly wasn't started by the Europeans of this time period, the mass capturing and selling of Africans during the _______________ and ________________ period stands out in history as an _______________ of heart-stopping proportions.
exploration
colonization
atrocity
The Spanish controlled territory in both ____________ and _____________ _____________, as well as _____________ and _______________.
North
South America
Africa
Asia
On ____________ ______________,_____________, John Newton found himself being whipped mercilessly by a storm that had his ship, the ______________, thrashing about without hope of survival. Newton had tied himself to the _____________ - the last hope of keeping the ship afloat.
March 21, 1748
Greyhound
helm
Feuds and wars create disunity inside and between tribes, and this is exactly what happened in the New World. This lack of unity would allow many of these people groups to be more easily conquered by the invaders from Europe. The New World became the prime location for the European empires in their desire to gain _____________ and _____________ through __________________.
wealth
power
colonization
John Cabot, an early Italian navigator who helped lay the groundwork in _______________ and ______________ for the British claim to Canada.
1497
1498
The European slave trade, which began in the early ______________, gathered momentum in the following two centuries. Africa was embroiled in fighting and unrest. Some of the stronger African leaders fought valiantly against the _______________ and ________________ in a desperate attempt to keep their people free from the slavers.
1400s
Portuguese
Dutch
Portugal's colonial empire was mostly in _______________ ________________ and _______________, though it also included some parts of Asia.
South America
Africa
As the exhausted man faced what was most certainly his impending death, the teaching of his mother came to his mind. The words of _____________ __________:____________-___________ brought such despair to him because he knew there was a reason that he was known as "_____________ _____________ ______________."
Proverbs 1:24-31
The Great Blasphemer
To _______________ means to establish a _____________, which is a group of people living in a new land with lasting ties to their original country, for political and economic growth for that country.
colonize
colony
Cabot set sail with a tiny crew of _______________ men on a small ship named the _______________. On _______________ ______________, _____________, he made landfall somewhere in southern Labrador, Newfoundland, or ______________ ______________ _____________.
18
Matthew
June 24, 1497
Cape Breton Island
There were tribes and kingdoms in Africa who made alliances with the slave traders for a cut in the wealth that came from selling their fellow Africans. In _____________, ______________ _____________ was founded by the Dutch East India Company and became established as a min stopping point for ships bringing slaves and other goods from various nearby locations. This port on the Cape of Good Hope became known as the "Tavern of the Two Seas."
1652
Cape Town
The Dutch (Netherlands) controlled small portions of ______________ ______________, _____________ _____________, _____________, and Africa during this time.
North America
South America
Asia
As the storm was over, Newton couldn't stop thinking about Jesus. Newton began reading the words of Christ, and ___________ ___________:__________ gave him hope that maybe God would not give up on him:
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the _________ ____________ __________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ______________.
Luke 11:13
Holy Spirit to those who ask Him
Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, is on the throne and in battle with _____________ _____________ ____________ ______________ of Spain, who coincidentally was her deceased sister's husband.
Catholic Prince Philip II
_____________ _______________ was a French mariner who explored the Canadian coast and the ___________ ______________ River. His work laid the groundwork for the French claims in North America, and he is credited with naming ________________.
Jacques Cartier
St. Lawrence
Canada
William Wilberforce, who had grown up in upper-class privilege, heard the preaching of John Newton and became a Christian in _____________. Wilberforce became a powerful voice in British government - one that annoyed many of his fellow members in ________________. It took Wilberforce over ______________ years to get ______________ to pass the anti-slavery bills he introduced. He worked from ______________ to ________________ to accomplish the passion and calling he knew God had placed on his life. Wilberforce died three days after slavery was abolished in the British Empire.
1784
Parliament
40
Parliament
1789
1833
Russia and the Ottoman Empire were both large colonial empires, as well. The Russians focused their effort into colonizing the part of Asia that is called _____________, while the Ottomans controlled extensive parts of _____________ _____________ and the _________________ _____________.
Siberia
North Africa
Middle East
Newton left the slave trade, became a minister, and wrote the hymn, "______________ ____________," and worked with _______________ _______________ to end the English slave trade. God had changed "_____________ _____________ ______________" into His humble servant who never forgot the place from which he was saved.
Amazing Grace
William Wilberforce
The Great Blasphemer