1. Lesson 3: The Conquest of the New World Lesson Question: How and why did the Europeans conquer the New World? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the nature of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the European reaction to the slaughter of Amerindian peoples. Key Terms: Amerindian Isolation, Treaty of Tordesillas, Mappa Mundi, Conquistadors, Requerimiento, Bartolome de Las Casas, Juan de Gines Sepulveda, The Black Legend & The Noble Savage

2. The Spanish Discovery & Conquest of the New World
Period of Discovery
Balboa (1513), De Leon (1513), Cordoba (1517),
Vespucci ( )
Amerindian Isolation
Typhus, Measles, Influenza, Small Pox
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Brazil 1500
Ferdinand Magellan
Spice Islands
Period of Conquest 1519 – 1540s
Spanish Reconquista & Conquistadors
Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez
Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Requerimiento
Bartolome de Las Casas
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Black Legend & The Noble Savage

3. Columbus’ Voyages

4. Spanish Explorers in the Caribbean

6. Treaty of Tordesillas 1494

9. Mappa Mundi c. 1300

10. Toscanelli Map 1474

11. Juan de la Cosa map 1500

12. Diego Ribero map 1529

13. Lesson Key Terms:
Amerindian Isolation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Mappa Mundi

14. Iberian Reconquista

15. Amerindian Empires

18. Indian Drawing of Spanish & Tlaxcalan Attack on Cholula

19. Map of Spanish Explorers in New World

20. Artist’s Painting of Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan

21. Aztec Pyramids in Mexico City

23. Machu Pichu

26. Bartolome de las Casa

27. Lesson Key Terms:
Conquistadors
Requerimiento
Bartolome de Las Casas & Juan de Gines Sepulveda
The Black Legend &The Noble Savage