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AGE OF EXPLORATION
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After Columbus & Magellan… Hernan Cortes (Spain) - conquistador who arrived in Mexico in 1519, looking for lands to claim & searching for “City of Gold”
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Came across Aztec Empire Greeted by Montezuma Aztecs thought Spaniards were “iron-clad gods” Defeated Aztecs (1. Superior weapons, 2. Used enemies to help, 3. Disease) Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital) became Mexico City
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Conquistador who arrived in Inca Empire (Peru) in 1523 Captured Atahualpa for ransom of gold/silver Spanish eventually conquered, taking over lands from Ecuador to Chile
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Military: horses, muskets, cannons, armor Division among natives: Aztecs/Incas had many tribal enemies Oppression/abuse of Native Americans: forced to work in encomienda system (slave farming) Disease: new to Native Americans; challenged beliefs
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90% of indigenous population died b/c of enslavement, overwork, or diseases: Smallpox Measles Influenza Many converted to Christianity by force Caught in battle between Spain & Portugal
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1494 - Agreement between Spain & Portugal negotiated by Pope Alexander VI LINE OF DEMARCATION divides “New World” Portugal gets everything EAST of the line (Brazil & East Indies) Spain gets everything WEST of the line (Central America, Caribbean, & most of South America)
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Can only import/export with Spain MERCANTILISM: how much gold/silver a country has ORDER OF SOCIAL CLASS in New Spain: Peninsulares – born in Spain Creoles – American-born descendents of Spanish settlers Mestizos – Native & Spanish descent Mulattoes – Spanish & African descent Native Americans African slaves
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Nobles given land grants; shared profits with king in Portugal Turned to plantation agriculture (esp. sugar) and livestock raising 5 million + Africans brought into Brazil as slaves
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1500-1600 Great exchange of new foods, plants, animals, culture, tools, humans, technology, and diseases between the Old World (Europe/Africa) and the New World (America)
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