We discover the Modern Age!

WELCOME TO

THE MODERN AGE

The age of the exploration.

The beginning of the Modern Age is marked by the discovery of America and the invention of the printing press. 15th. CENTURY

INDEX

THE FIRST TRIPS TO THE NEW LAND.

New inventions

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Some of the advances in navigation were:

Navigation chart

Caravel

Compass

CRISTÓBAL COLÓN

He was a sailor from Italy.In 1492 he wanted to sail west to Asia and the Reyes Católicos decided to support his plan. On the 3rd of August he set off from Huelva. In October 12th. he arrived to the new land. Curiosity: he thought he was in Japan!

INHABITANTS OF AMERICA

THE IMPACT OF THE ARRIVAL IN AMERICA

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DAILY LIFE IN THE MODERN AGE

Economy

Culture

Society

SOCIETY

Non- privileged people

Women

Privileged people

They were dependent on their husband or father. They main occupation was to look after the house.

Nobility and clergy. They held important government positions. They didn't pay taxes.

Merchants, craftspeople and peasants. Also the new bankers (bourgeoisie). They pay taxes.

ECONOMY

Trade and crafts flourished and, thanks to the voyages to America, new routes were created.

Economy based on crop farming.

Creation of new banks.

CULTURE

There is a new understanding of the world: the humanism.

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experience

reason

Gutenberg Printing Press

THE SPANISH EMPIRE

LOS REYES CATÓLICOS

FELIPE III

CARLOS II

2000

CARLOS I

WAR OF SUCCESSION

JUANA I

FELIPE IV

FELIPE II

THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA

SOCIETY IN AMERICA

Hernán Cortés

Francisco Pizarro

2030

Spanish

Mestizos

Indigenous people

Aztec Empire and Mayan cities.

Inca Empire

Black people

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