1. Conquest and Colonization
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2. Conquest and Colonization
Period marked by European expansion into the Americas, Africa and Asia

3. Conquistadors Conquistador:
one that conquers; specifically a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century (Merriam-Webster)

4. List of Conquistadors Francisco Pizarro – defeated Inca (1532)
Hernán Cortés – defeated Aztec (1518-9)
Vasco Núnez de Balboa – discovered Pacific Ocean (1513)

5. List of Conquistadors
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés – Founded St. Augustine (1565)
Juan Ponce de León – discovered Florida (1513)
Hernando de Soto – explored the southeastern United States, first to see Mississippi R. ( )

7. European Colonization
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Netherlands
Sweden
Denmark

9. Spanish Colonization Most of any nation
Controlled from bottom of South America to present day California

10. Spanish Colonization Divided into Viceroyalties
Each ruled by a viceroy
List of Four Viceroyalties:
Peru
Rio de la Plata
New Grenada
New Spain

12. Portuguese Colonization
Not major
Today:
Brazil

13. French Colonization Mainly export colonies Today: Canada
United States (Mississippi River Valley)
Haiti (Saint-Domingue)
French Guiana

14. French Colonization Caribbean Islands Guadeloupe Martinique St. Croix
St. Lucia
St. Martin
St. Bartholomey

15. English Colonization
Concentrated in the northern hemisphere, with islands throughout the south
Today:
Canada
United States
Belize
Guyana
Falkland Islands

16. English Colonization Caribbean Islands St. Kitts and Nevis Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
Montserrat
Bahamas
Anguilla
Jamaica
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominica
St. Vincent and the Grenadines

18. Dutch Colonization Today: New York & New Jersey Suriname New Amsterdam
Caribbean Islands
St. Croix
St. Martin
St. Eustatius
Curacao
Aruba
New Amsterdam
Netherlands Antilles

19. Swedish Colonization
New Sweden
Delaware River valley

20. Danish Colonization Colonies of Denmark Today: Greenland
U.S. Virgin Islands