European Footholds in Southeast Asia and India

Questions to Consider:

1. How did the Portuguese and the Dutch build empires in the East?

2. How did Spain control the Philippines?

3. How did the decline of the Mughal India affect European traders?

Be sure to take note of the answers to these questions as you watch the slides video:

Lesson Summary

Overall, after the success in some Southeastern Asian countries, Europeans continued to search for the Northwestern Passage (the quickest way to get to Asia, they thought). This would lead to further exploration, discovery, and new trade settlements [yep, I'm hinting at the discovery of the Americas!].

To sum it all up even further check out this progression of our lesson's big ideas:

Trade existed for over a thousands years throughout Asia (with and without the aid of European ports/trade)
The Europeans explorers wanted to become a part of this trade in the 1400-1600s
The Europeans had more military force and could take over some of the regions they wanted to for their own gain (money, trade, power)
Cultural differences often led to conflict.