1. EUROPE GOES TO THE AMERICAS

2. Lands of the Aztecs

3. HERNANDO CORTES & AZTECS MEXICO!!! Spain first to colonize the Americas Conquistadors follow for gold and silver Cortes and 600 men reach Aztec capital of TENOCHTITLAN…Montezuma thinks they are GODS…share the gold!

4. The Aztecs Were Fierce Warriors

5. Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes to the Sun God

6. Heart Sacrifice on an Aztec Temple Pyramid

7. Wall of Skulls, Tenochtitlan

8. BUT…. CORTEZ not satisfied “disease of the heart that only gold can cure” AZTECS FIGHT BACK….NO MATCH!!! 1.European weapons superior 2.Malinche helps them 3.Disease kills off thousands

9. Aztec Gold

10. FRANCISCO PIZZARO & INCA Pizarro goes to PERU and kidnaps ATAHUALPA

11. Lands of the Incas

13. Machu Picchu

15. Ransom – 1 room of gold, 2 silver THE INCANS BRING BACK 24 TONS OF GOLD and SILVER THE SPANISH KILLS THE LEADER ANYWAY!!!!

16. Inca Gold & Silver

17. The Colonial Class System Peninsulares Spanish settled to Americas Creoles Spanish born in Americas Mestizos Mixed Spanish & Native American Mulattos Mixed Spanish & African American Native Indians Encomienda System – forced labor Black Slaves

18. English come to North America Jamestown is the first colony – disaster! PURITANS to Plymouth –religious freedom! British and French fight! – French and Indian War (7 Years War) – Who wins? Natives lose the most…

20. “Black” Gold for Sale!

21. African Captives in Yokes

22. Slave Ship Plan

23. “COFFIN POSITION” BELOW DECK

24. Onboard the Slave Ship

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

26. The Triangle Trade

27. The “Columbian Exchange”  Squash  Avocado  Peppers  Sweet Potatoes  Turkey  Pumpkin  Tobacco  Quinine  Cocoa  Pineapple  Cassava  POTATO  Peanut  TOMATO  Vanilla  MAIZE  Syphilis  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  Trinkets  Liquor  GUNS

28. Notice of a Slave Auction

29. Slave Master Brands

30. Slave With Iron Muzzle

31. Whipped Slave, early 19c

32. Abolitionist Symbol, 19c