EUROPE GOES TO THE AMERICAS

Lands of the Aztecs

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!

The Aztecs Were Fierce Warriors

Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes to the Sun God

Heart Sacrifice on an Aztec Temple Pyramid

Wall of Skulls, Tenochtitlan

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

Aztec Gold

FRANCISCO PIZZARO & INCA Pizarro goes to PERU and kidnaps ATAHUALPA

Lands of the Incas

Machu Picchu

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

Inca Gold & Silver

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

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…

“Black” Gold for Sale!

African Captives in Yokes

Slave Ship Plan

“COFFIN POSITION” BELOW DECK

Onboard the Slave Ship

African Captives Thrown Overboard Sharks followed the slave ships!

The Triangle Trade

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

Notice of a Slave Auction

Slave Master Brands

Slave With Iron Muzzle

Whipped Slave, early 19c

Abolitionist Symbol, 19c