Age of Exploration Part II Native Americans Strike Back
The Conquistadors 3Gs Magellan 1519 – 5 ships 237 men 1522 Philippines
Cortes 1519 Aztecs Quetzalcoatl Montezuma II Tenochtitlan 600 men and 16 horses
Atlantic Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”
Mexico Surrenders to Cortez
How did he win? Indian Allies Modern weapons Disease God Aztec Army
Pizzaro 1533 Inca Atahualpa
Juan Ponce de Leon 1513 St. Augustine Fountain of Youth?
Vasquez de Coronado Texas, New Mexico, Southwest 1540
Hernado Desoto 1530s and 40s Mississippi River: Louisiana, AK, Alabama
Spanish Colonies Encomienda Repartimiento Peninsulares Creoles Mestizo Mulattoes
Administration of the Spanish Empire in the New World Encomienda or forced labor. Council of the Indies. Viceroy. New Spain and Peru. Papal agreement.
The Colonial Class System Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves
Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill
Father Bartolome de Las Casas New Laws 1542
Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Official European Colony! Explorers Conquistadores Official European Colony! Missionaries Permanent Settlers
Treasures from the Americas!
The Dutch Henry Hudson Manhattan Island and New Netherlands New Amsterdam
French Quebec Louisiana New Orleans
English Cabot Henry Hudson Roanoke Island Jamestown-John Smith and Pocahontas Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock First Thanksgiving!!!!
More limey English 1664 the Duke of York drives the English out of New Netherlands
Slave Trade Slavery in history African Slaves better than Indians? Plantations By 1870 9.5 million slaves transferred Middle Passage How did Europeans get slaves?
“Coffin” Position Below Deck
African Captives Thrown Overboard Sharks followed the slave ships!
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Columbian Exchange Triangular Trade Capitalism Disease vs. products Potatoes, tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, Cacao Beans
Asia Dutch take Sumatra and Java est. light trade with Japan Vietnam and the Khmer Indonesia and Islam Philippines Buddhism
In Conclusion Killed off Natives Ravaged Africa and enslaved a population Exploited the natural resources And stole the land Had a wonderful tea party!!!!