Fasttrack to America's Past
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 		Pages 14 & 15 - New Worlds Discovered

The pictures

1.  A woodcut drawing from around 1500, showing a growing town of the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance era.  The growth of towns and trade during the late Middle Ages led to widespread changes in European society.

2.  A drawing of Christopher Columbus, based on a painting made years after his death.  No image of Columbus made in his own lifetime has survived.

3.  A drawing of a large wood sailing ship.  Wind was the only source of power for ocean going ships until the mid- 1800s, when steamships were developed.

4.  The globe, ships, and cargo combine in this picture to make the point  that trade was the main force driving exploration and settlement of the New World by Europeans.

The vocabulary terms

   A glossary for the vocabulary terms can be found with the link near the top of this section's main index page.

   See the Getting Started pages at the front of the workbook for suggestions for students about highlighting, and making vocabulary index cards.








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   Copyright 2018 by David Burns.  All rights reserved.  Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission.  Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others.  Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software.  Please see the home page for this title for more information.