1. Aim: What changes did the Spanish Conquest of South America bring?
Do Now:
How would life be different if another country took over the U.S.?

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

3. I. Impact of the Spanish Rule on South America
A. Religious Conversions
1. Catholic missionaries (Jesuits) converted native people to Catholicism

4. B. Genocide by Disease
1. Spaniards unknowingly brought infectious diseases (influenza, smallpox) to native populations.
2. Killed millions of people between

5. WHAT ROLE DID DISEASE PLAY IN SPANISH CONQUEST???
Of all the organisms Europeans brought to America, none were more harmful to Native Americans than Old World diseases (Cronon 1983). The Europeans brought with them smallpox, measles, diphtheria, trachoma, whooping cough, chicken pox, bubonic plague (carried by fleas, which were carried by European rats), malaria, typhoid fever, cholera, yellow fever, dengue fever, scarlet fever, amebic dysentery, influenza, and a number of worm infections (Figure 3). Native Americans had absolutely no antibodies to these diseases. To say that the effect of these illnesses on the population of the Americas was devastating would be an understatement.

7. C. Slave Trade
1. Imported African slaves to work on large plantations

8. D. Cultural Diffusion
Native goods such as Corn Potatoes, tomatoes, sugar, Chocolate, Peanuts introduced to the rest of Europe

9. 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

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

12. Treasures from the Americas!

13. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

14. The Slave Trade Existed in Africa before the coming of the Europeans.
Portuguese replaced European slaves with Africans.
Sugar cane & sugar plantations.
First boatload of African slaves brought by the Spanish in 1518.
275,000 enslaved Africans exported to other countries.
Between 16c & 19c, about 10 million Africans shipped to the Americas.

15. Slave Ship
“Middle Passage”

16. “Coffin” Position Below Deck

17. African Captives Thrown Overboard Sharks followed the slave ships!

18. Summary -HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING LEAD TO EUROPEAN INFLUENCE AND DOMINATION IN THE WORLD????
GUNS:
GERMS:
STEEL: