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By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The European Conquest of the Americas By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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Where is most of the worlds trade through period 3?
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What would you do to make trade easier?
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Why would Europeans explore/colonize?
Three G’s! God! = Christianity Gold! = Money Glory! = My country is the best and I am awesome!
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Columbus’ Four Voyages
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Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c
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European Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”
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Why is this possible? Caravel Fluyt Carrack
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The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs
vs. Fernando Cortés Montezuma II
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The Death of Montezuma II
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Mexico Surrenders to Cortés
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The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas
vs. Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa
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Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of
unintentional "bio-terrorism"?? Docs. 1- 4
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The “Columbian Exchange”
Squash Avocado Peppers Sweet Potatoes Turkey Pumpkin Tobacco Quinine Cocoa Pineapple Cassava POTATO Peanut TOMATO Vanilla MAIZE Syphilis Trinkets Liquor GUNS 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
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Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Official European Colony!
Explorers Conquistadores Official European Colony! Missionaries Permanent Settlers
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
“Middle passage”
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Slave Ship
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African Captives Thrown Overboard
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Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill
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Sacrifice of the First-Born by Theodore de Bry
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Other Spanish labor Encomienda – this was coercive labor. The Spanish used local Americans in return for protection and food. Brutal form of labor.
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Mercantilism The economy and trade are essential to the health and safety of the nation. Get as much gold and silver as you can. Establish a favorable balance of trade. Get colonies.
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Treasures from the Americas!
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The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalajara Cathedral Spanish Mission
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The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation
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European Empires in the Americas
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