1. SPANISH COLONIAL AMERICA

2. Aztec Metropolitan Up to 300,000 people in a city
Montezuma – the last king – had total power
Human sacrifice
Conquered neighboring tribes –
took prisoners for blood sacrifice
Big city: Tenochtitlan
(now Mexico City)

3. Spanish Exploration Spanish kings had won back control of Spain
Sent Columbus to explore to the West
Gold, God and Glory
Four voyages
hit Central America on 4th
Conquistadores arrived 1517

4. Spanish Conquerors Called CONQUISTADORES Goal: take gold and silver
Hernando Cortez
conquered the Aztecs 1517
killed Emperor Montezuma
Francisco Pizarro
conquered the Incas 1519
killed Emperor Atualpa

5. Hernando Cortez
Conqueror of the Aztecs
Killed Montezuma

6. Francisco Pizarro Conqueror of the Incas Killed Atualpa
Threatened burning at stake
Garrote

7. Spanish then controlled Indians
Claimed most of Latin America
Sent Peninsulares to rule over Indians
Demanded Indians mine for silver and gold
Demanded Indians become Christian

8. Why did the Central American Indians quickly accepted the idea of a “blood sacrifice” the Church offered?

9. PATERNS OF LIFE
Society was divided into classes
Africans arrived after the Indian population was diminished
Peninsulares – pure Spanish
Criollos – Spanish born in America
Mestizos – Spanish + Indian
Indians (made into slaves)
Africans (imported slaves)
Spanish wanted someone to work in the gold mines

11. Columbian Exchange What was the Columbian Exchange?
What was exchanged?
Trading of goods (and other things) from Europe to Americas
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12. Columbian Exchange

13. Effect of Columbian Exchange
How were the Americas effected?
How was Europe Effected?
American Indians Died
The remaining would be enslaved
They got cheap stuff, like gold
Corn and potatoes

14. Questions on p. 463 (#5 and 6)

15. The Tastes of Latin America

16. 1. What are the tastes? Papaya (dried) Cranberry (dried) Pepper
Guess the 13 Latin American foods
Peanuts Corn Cocoa (chocolate) Strawberry Pineapple Squash Sweet potato potato
Papaya (dried)
Cranberry (dried)
Pepper
Blueberry
tomato

17. 2. Best flavors
What do you like best? What do you like least?

18. 3. Impact of Columbian Exchange
What foods do you think most changed Europe, once they were introduced to society?