God, Gold and Glory - World History
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God, Gold and Glory
Primary Source Activity
The three motives of the European explorers have been stated by historians as “God, Gold and Glory,” and not always in that order. Fortunately, many of the explorers left us diaries, letters and journals of their experiences. Using those records, cite references to those three motives.
In the “Passage” column, quote the passage (a complete sentence, or as much of a complete sentence as possible). In the second column, identify the explorer. In longer accounts, it is a good hint is to focus on the first couple and last couple of paragraphs
God: thanking God, discussing conversion of natives
Gold: looking for gold itself, or other money making ventures
Glory: the explorer praising themselves or their kings and queens
Journal of DaGama:
Letters of Columbus:
An account of Drake’s voyage by one of his captains
Letter of Cortez to HRE Charles V
Journal of Samuel Champlain:
Instructions for the Virginia Colony at Jamestown
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|Example |“Let Christ rejoice on earth, as he rejoices in heaven in the prospect |Christopher Columbus – Letter to Lord |
|(God) |of the salvation of the souls of so many nations hitherto lost.” |Sanchez |
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Final Questions:
1) From their words, which motive did the explorers describe as the most important? Why?
2) From their actions that we have studied, which motive appeared to be the most important? Explain using examples.
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