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Effects of European migration 1500s-1800s
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Fortification of Inca Empire
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Inca Empire in Andes Mountains
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Mayan Empire
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1. Effects in the Americas A) Expansion of overseas territorial claims and European emigration to North & South America
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B) Demise of Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires, from superior weapons and disease
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Demise brought about by superior weapons
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Weapons
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"A ball of stone flies out of their bellies and rains fire…. If the ball hits a tree, it blows away in splinters, as though a magician had blown it away from inside."
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Their battle dress and their weapons are all made of iron…. They are carried on the backs of large deer [horses] wherever they like to go.
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C) Legacy of a rigid class system and dictatorial rule in Latin America
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Demise of the Aztec Empire
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Demise of Aztec Empire (Began by Cortez)
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Demise of Inca Empire (Began by Pizarro)
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Incas preparing for battle
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Pizarro Slaughtering Incas
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Pizarro and Incas Battling
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Colonization of Americas
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Eye Witness Account Their other frightening weapon was hunting greyhounds. The were unleashed and fell upon the Indians. Within an hour they had preyed on a hundred
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D) Forced migrations of some Africans into slavery
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E) Colonies’ imitation of the culture and social patterns of their parent country
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2. Effects in Africa A) European trading posts along the coast at first
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B) Later movement inward due to technology
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El Mina – fort (factory) that received gold from interior most forts established with approval of African authorities- desired trading benefits
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Atlantic Slave Trade Portuguese start pattern for contacts El Mina – fort (factory) that received gold from interior most forts established with approval of African authorities - desired trading benefits Afro-Portuguese traders (lancados) helped work interior missionary work – Benin & Kongo
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C) Trade in slaves, gold, natural resources, diffusion of ideas
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3. Effects in Asia A. Colonization by small groups of merchants (India, the Indies, China)
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B. Influence of trading companies (Portuguese, Dutch, British)
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Soldiers of the British Empire
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Understanding Europeans migrated to new colonies in the Americas, creating new cultural and social patterns Europeans established trading posts and colonies in Africa and Asia
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