1. Ch. 15.3 Spanish & Dutch Colonies
SWBAT describe how the Spanish & Dutch ruled their colonial Empires
Bell Work: Describe the Columbian Exchange
Cornell Notes
Daily Quiz (15.3)
Spanish Colonial Notes
Spanish Article (1-5)
Crash Course- Spanish Empire

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

4. European Empires in the Americas

5. Spanish Colonial Empire
Conquest: In the Americas
Ponce de Leon-Florida
Vasco de Balboa-Panama to Pacific
Cortes-Montezuma’s Aztec empire in Mexico
Pizarro- over ran the Inca empire in Peru
Coronado-Southwest U.S. to Kansas
Purpose: mineral resources –silver and gold mines. Agriculture & trade secondary

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

7. Administration of the Spanish Empire in the New World
Encomienda or forced labor.
Council of the Indies.
Viceroy.
New Spain and Peru.
Papal agreement.

8. Growth of the Spanish Empire
Focus of Spanish Colonies:
Conquest
Minerals
Slaves
viceroys
Charles V’s election as Holy Roman Emperor added more to Spain’s Power & Problem’s:
Increased government responsibility.
Decreased government efficiency.
Drained Spanish resources
Results (Decline):

9. New Colonial Rivals
Portugal lacked the numbers and wealth to dominate trade in the Indian Ocean.
Spain in Asia  consolidated its holdings in the Philippines.
First English expedition to the Indies in 1591.
Surat in NW India in 1608.
Dutch arrive in India in 1595.

10. New Colonial Rivals

11. 5. New Patterns of World Trade

12. The Dutch Empire Unhappy with Spanish Rule (Philip II)
Calvinists: Religious Toleration
Colonial self rule
Colonies were financial centers that focused on international trading.
Trading Companies
Rebellious

13. Impact of European Expansion
Native populations ravaged by disease.
Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate. [“Price Revolution”]
New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”].
Deepened colonial rivalries.