1. Spanish exploration and claims in the new world
Unit 3- Age of Contact
Spanish exploration and claims in the new world

2. Age of the Conquistador In your notes list 10 things that might freak out the native Americans when they first encountered them

3. Spanish Pride
Spain starts looking outside its borders to explore to keep pace with Portugal
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella frugally sponsor a little known Italian trouble maker (Explorer/Businessman) who is convinced that he can find a quicker route to India
His name was…………..

4. Review 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in the New World
Thinks he found Japan?
Discovers an entirely different land

5. Spanish Start Exploring Mexico
Spanish start establishing themselves in the Caribbean
Land in Mexico
Contact with Mayans and other tribes

6. Cortes’ and the Aztecs Cortes’ lands in Mexico in 1519
Aztecs Conquered in 1521

7. Spanish Explore Texas

8. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

9. Pineda Sailed along the Gulf Coast of Texas in 1519
Left a well drawn map of the area
Searched for a water route to the Pacific
May have made first contact with Texas Native Americans

10. Panfilo de Narvaez

11. Narvaez Led a disastrous expedition that started in Florida in 1527
90 members of his party landed on the coast of Texas in 1528
By the Spring of 1529 only 14 men survived. The rest had died of sickness.
Cabeza de Vaca among the survivors
Made contact with the Atakapan Native Americans

12. Cabeza de Vaca

13. Cabeza de Vaca Had belonged to the Narvaez expedition
Lived among the Atakapans as a trader along the Gulf coast for four years ( )
Enslaved by the Coahuiltecans with three other survivors of the Narvaez expedition
Escaped with the others in 1534
Wandered in southern Texas until 1536
Wrote a book that reported the rumors that Seven Cities of Gold were in the region

14. Cabeza de Vaca’s Route

15. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

16. Coronado Heard stories of “Cities of Gold”
Assembled a 1,000 man expedition
Explored American Southwest for over 2 years
Treated Indians very harshly
Found no gold
Told Spanish “Land had little to offer”

17. Coronado’s Route

18. France Explores the New World

19. French Reasons Wanted to find gold like Spanish but never did
Looking for a faster route to Pacific Ocean (Northwest Passage)
Instead, fur trade brought in wealth from the French colonies
Built settlements along St. Lawrence River
(Canada)
Had better relations with Native Americans
Traders lived among them and learned their customs
Would convert Indians to Christianity when they could

20. La Salle

21. La Salle Explored and claimed land along Mississippi River
Very difficult to get along with/treated his men badly
Built Fort St. Louis by present day Matagorda Bay, Texas

22. Fort St. Louis La Salle thought he found Mississippi River
Fort life was miserable
Conflict with Karankawas
La Salle’s men turned on him and murdered him
(Mutiny)
Fort St. Louis destroyed by Indians and 5 men were taken as prisoner
Caused Spanish to pay attention to Texas more

23. La Salle’s Route