Lesson 3: The Conquest of the New World Lesson Question: How and why did the Europeans conquer the New World? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the nature of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the European reaction to the slaughter of Amerindian peoples. Key Terms: Amerindian Isolation, Treaty of Tordesillas, Mappa Mundi, Conquistadors, Requerimiento, Bartolome de Las Casas, Juan de Gines Sepulveda, The Black Legend & The Noble Savage
The Spanish Discovery & Conquest of the New World Period of Discovery 1492-1521 Balboa (1513), De Leon (1513), Cordoba (1517), Vespucci (1499-1502) Amerindian Isolation Typhus, Measles, Influenza, Small Pox Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 Pedro Alvares Cabral Brazil 1500 Ferdinand Magellan 1519-1521 Spice Islands Period of Conquest 1519 – 1540s Spanish Reconquista & Conquistadors Aztec Empire 1325-1521 Hernan Cortez 1485-1547 Inca Empire 1438-1533 Francisco Pizarro 1475-1541 Requerimiento Bartolome de Las Casas 1485-1566 Juan Gines de Sepulveda 1494-1573 Black Legend & The Noble Savage
Columbus’ Voyages
Spanish Explorers in the Caribbean
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
Mappa Mundi c. 1300
Toscanelli Map 1474
Juan de la Cosa map 1500
Diego Ribero map 1529
Lesson Key Terms: Amerindian Isolation Treaty of Tordesillas Mappa Mundi
Iberian Reconquista 711-1492
Amerindian Empires
Indian Drawing of Spanish & Tlaxcalan Attack on Cholula
Map of Spanish Explorers in New World
Artist’s Painting of Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan
Aztec Pyramids in Mexico City
Machu Pichu
Bartolome de las Casa
Lesson Key Terms: Conquistadors Requerimiento Bartolome de Las Casas & Juan de Gines Sepulveda The Black Legend &The Noble Savage