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The European Conquest of the Americas
By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Edited & Adapted by R. Kolodinski - Glendale HS Glendale, CA
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Renaissance Trade Who controlled trade in Renaissance Europe?
Which cities appear to have key locations? Which group controlled the Middle East, North Africa,& Spain? Middle East
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The Portuguese Henry the Navigator
Portuguese expansion >> Ceuta in Africa Navigation School >> caravel, cartography Funds voyages of Exploration Caravel = cargo!
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Unified Spain Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile to create unified Spain Drive out Moors / Jews 1492 Spanish Inquisition vs. “Heretics”
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[ ] Cristobal Colon
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Columbus’ Four Voyages
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Treaty of Tordesillas Spain vs. Portugal – Christian nations?
Pope Alexander VI Mediates Line of Demarcation Re-Negotiates War Avoided Impact?
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Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: 1520s
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European Explorations Looking for “El Dorado” & NW Passage
Why can’t we get over here? On to China Looking for “El Dorado” & NW Passage
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The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs
vs. Fernando Cortes Montezuma II
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The Death of Montezuma II
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Mexico Surrenders to Cortes after Siege of Tenochtitlan
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Tenochtitlan: Amazing!
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The Spanish Conquest of The Incas
vs. Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa
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Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of
unintentional "bio-terrorism"?? Docs. 1- 4
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The “Columbian Exchange”
Squash Avocado Peppers Sweet Potatoes Turkey Pumpkin Tobacco Quinine Cocoa Pineapple Cassava POTATO Peanut TOMATO Vanilla MAIZE Syphilis Trinkets Liquor GUNS Olive COFFEE BEAN Banana Rice Onion Turnip Honeybee Barley Grape Peach SUGAR CANE Oats Citrus Fruits Pear Wheat HORSE Cattle Sheep Pigs Smallpox Flu Typhus Measles Malaria Diphtheria Whooping Cough
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Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Official European Colony!
Explorers Conquistadores Official European Colony! Missionaries Permanent Settlers
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Spanish Empire New Spain New Granada Peru La Plata
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Mercantilism The economy & trade are essential to the health & safety of the nation. Get as much gold and silver as you can… world has only a finite amount of wealth Establish a favorable balance of trade… Exports > Imports Get colonies = Supply & Market
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Colonial Treasures from the Americas!
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Spanish Colonial Class System
Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves
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The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalajara Cathedral Spanish Mission
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Father Bartolome de Las Casas
Conquest unnecessary for Conversion Exposed brutality Black Legend emerges New Laws 1500s
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How did all this impact Europe?
Increased European competition New Technology & discovery First global power > Spain Mercantilism >> Inflation Capitalism grows >> middle class grows Christianity & Columbian Exchange
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Slave Ship
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“Coffin” Position Below Deck
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African Captives Thrown Overboard
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Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill
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Sacrifice of the First-Born by Theodore de Bry
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European Empires in the Americas
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