Explorers

Columbus Thought he reached the East Indies and called the inhabitants “los indios” oA term mistakenly applied to all native peoples of the Americas Columbus was presented with caps and beads and other trifles. They gave Columbus what they had Columbus miscalculated where he was. oScholars believe he landed on an island in the Bahamas on the Caribbean Sea. These people were called the Taino, not Indians. Claimed the island for Spain oNamed it San Salvador “Holy Savior”

Columbus Second voyage to Americas in September 1493 oJourneyed as an empire builder, not an explorer oCommanded fleet of 17 ships and several hundred soldiers oBrought 1,000 settlers Wanted to transform the islands of the Caribbean into colonies, or lands controlled by another nation

Columbus and Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange is the widespread exchange of plants, animals, cultures, diseases, and ideas between Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Lasting effects on the world Turning point in Native American History

Magellan First to circumnavigate the world!! ▫What does this mean? Portuguese Explorer ▫Magellan convinced king of Spain to fund voyage ▫230 men and 5 ships – sailed around southern end of South America into the mysterious waters of the Pacific ▫Went months without seeing land and food supplies soon ran out ▫Explored Guam and reached the Philippines ▫Magellan became involved in a war there and was killed ▫Crew sailed west toward home ▫Out of Magellan’s original crew, only 18 men and one ship arrived back in Spain in 1522.

Treaty of Tordesillas Background: ▫Vasco da Gama reached port of Calicut, on the southwestern coast of India. ▫Spices like cinnamon and pepper ▫GAVE PORTUGAL A DIRECT SEA ROUTE TO INDIA ▫Had voyaged 27,000 miles

Treaty of Tordesillas Columbus had thought he had reached India Believing him to be right, Portugal suspected Columbus had claimed for Spain land that belonged to Portugal Rivalry became more intense

Treaty of Tordesillas Pope Alexander VI stepped in to keep peace Suggested an imaginary line, drawn north to south of Atlantic Ocean (Line of Demarcation) All lands to the east would be Portugal; to the west Spain Treaty of Tordesillas signed in 1494 – gave Portugal modern-day Brazil

Aztecs/Cortes Came for gold Known as Conquistadors Cortes = important conquistador Went to conquer Aztecs ▫600 soldiers ▫17 horses ▫Dogs ▫Cannons

Aztec/Cortes Montezuma was convinced Cortes was a god Gave him access to Aztec gold as aw result Aztec city didn’t seem like it could be invaded = very advanced Aztecs rebelled against Montezuma and stoned him to death Cortes eventually retook the city Forced Aztecs to mine gold and silver Disease-ridden

Why did Cortes Defeat Aztecs? Superior weaponry Received help from other native groups Measles, mumps, typhus infected the NA Died by the hundreds of thousands

Francisco Pizarro Conquistador Conquered mighty Inca Empire Kidnapped Atahualpa (Inca’s leader) Spain had New Spain (Mexico and parts of Guatemala) and other parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean

Mestizos Spanish imposed culture on Natives Spanish settlers to the Americas = peninsulares, mostly men Mestizo – mixed Spanish and NA ▫Many of these descendants live in Latin American countries today

Ecomienda Spanish oppressed NA Wanted precious resources NA farmed, ranched, mined for Spanish landlords Promised Spanish authorities they would treat NA well Many ended up abusing NA and many NA died

Priests Spanish priests came to spread Christianity Criticized harsh labor of encomienda system Spanish ended up abolishing encomienda system in 1542

Missionaries Catholic Missionaries dominant throughout Spanish empire in Americas Wanted to convert NA Determined to rid “heathen” people of native religion Tried to impose Spanish culture on them Burned objects sacred to NA

Pope (with an accent on e) Rebellion 1680 – NA Pope organized rebellion Spaniards had accused Pope of practicing witchcraft Spanish driven out of New Mexico 400 Europeans killed NA burned Churches, executed priests, destroyed relics of Christianity 14 years and 4 military assaults for Spaniards to subdue region