Page 1 Columbus and America 8/28/14
Page 2 Columbus Columbus landed in Hispaniola, begins colonization of islands COLONIZATION: establishment of distant settlements controlled by the parent country
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Page 6 Spanish had slave experience: Canary Islands and West Africa
Page 7 Taino fight back In 1493, Taino on St. Croix fight back with poison arrows Keep fighting for years
Page 8 Columbian Exchange Still going on
Page 9 Columbus’ gift to Indians Measles, mumps, chicken pox, small pox, typhus Hispaniola Population pre-Columbus: 300,000 Population in 1508: 100,000 Disease was main factor in killing natives, not weapons
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Page 11 Native Population Pre-Columbian native population: 2.1 million to 18 million By 1800: 600,000 By 1900: 250,000
Page 12 Slaves No natives left, who’s going to work? Native Americans= bad laborers “One African-American….4 Indians.” Las Casas
Page 13 Treaty of Tordesillas Signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal Lands to west of imaginary line went to Spain Lands east went to Portugal Spain got most of the Americas Portugal got Brazil
Page 14 Essay Should Columbus be viewed as a hero or villain? Consider: His voyages and risks involved Purposes for exploration Acceptance of colonization Long-term effects