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1 The European Conquest of the Americas

2 Christopher Columbus [1451-1506]

3 Columbus’ Four Voyages

4 Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c

5 European Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”

6 The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs
vs. Fernando Cortés Montezuma II

7 The Death of Montezuma II

8 Mexico Surrenders to Cortez

9 The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas
vs. Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa

10 Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of
unintentional "bio-terrorism"?? Docs. 1- 4

11 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 Diptheria Whooping Cough

12 Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Official European Colony!
Explorers Conquistadores Official European Colony! Missionaries Permanent Settlers

13 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

14 Slave Ship

15 “Coffin” Position Below Deck

16 African Captives Thrown Overboard

17 Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

18 Mercantilism The economy and trade are essential to the health and safety of the nation. Get as much gold and silver as you can. Establish a favorable balance of trade. Get colonies.

19 Treasures from the Americas!

20 The Colonial Class System
Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves

21 The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalajara Cathedral Spanish Mission

22 The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation

23 Father Bartolomé de Las Casas
New Laws --> 1542

24 European Empires in the Americas


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