Unit 2

European Maritime Expansion and the Establishment of Coastal Trading Networks

Students will be able to explain how Portuguese and later European maritime expansion created the initial coastal trading networks that facilitated the capture and export of African peoples.

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Lessons

1. Lesson 1Portuguese Navigation Advances Enable Coastal Exploration
2. Lesson 2Prince Henry the Navigator Sponsors Systematic Coastal Surveying
3. Lesson 3Portuguese Establish Elmina Castle as First Major Coastal Fort
4. Lesson 4Treaty of Tordesillas Divides African Coastal Access Between Europe
5. Lesson 5Dutch Capture of Elmina Expands European Coastal Presence
6. Lesson 6British Establish Cape Coast Castle for Gold and Slave Trade
7. Lesson 7Coastal Forts Create Permanent European-African Trading Relationships

Unit exam