1. Group 2 Chapter 1 Facts Trevor Tyau Magic Chung Aj Verdadero

2. Columbus Columbus was and intelligent and dedicated mariner who was very skilled. After having read Marco Polo’s account of his adventures in the service of Kublai Khan, decided that these rich lands could be reached by sailing west. The rich lands he was seeking was China and Japan.

3. Indians and Europeans The Spanish sent conquistadores to meet the Indians. The conquistadores read a decree to the Indians out of earshot of the Indians. So when the Indians retaliated, the Spaniards decimated them. The Spaniards did so easily because they were iron clad in armor and armed with steel weapons while the Indians were buck naked and unarmed.

4. Disease and Population Losses Scholars agree on the fact that the Indian population rapidly declined when the Spanish arrived. This is due to the fact that the Spanish brought with them diseases unknown to the Indians, therefore they had no immunity to the diseases and they succumbed to them one by one.

5. Spain’s European Rival’s Spain’s rival is Britain

6. The Protestant Reformation Corruption within the Catholic Church. Martin Luther’s objection to corrupt manner of promoting and selling indulgences acted as an immediate cause of the Reformation.

7. English Beginnings in America Economic ventures- Not sponsored by the crown Attempts to discover passages to Orient Business interests are primary motivations behind English development, evidencing early support for capitalism; these biases are unfortunate as they do not parallel national interests.

8. French and Dutch settlements French in the St. Lawrence River area. Dutch in the Hudson River Valley were great traders due to their domination of sea trade and interior trade posts. They also traded with the Native Americans for furs. Dutch also terrorized Spanish galleons

9. QUESTION~~ Why did many Indians perish with European settlement?

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