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16 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus |
Italian explorere from genoa italy; inspried by the 3 g's: god glory and gold |
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The Treaty of Tordesillas |
1494 - portugal got brazil + territory in Africa & Asia; spain got north anf south america |
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Ferdinand magellan |
Sailed around south america but was killed by natives in philippines. Ship continued on: first circumnavigation of the globe |
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Spanish conquerors |
Conquistadores |
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Columbian exchange |
(Between New World and Europe) - result: Indian debt, war, disease |
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Encomienda System |
Spain rewarded conquistadors with Indian villages; slavery was instituded |
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Result of spanish colonization |
South america spoke spanish and practiced catholicism; mulattos, mestizos |
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Bartolome de las casas |
Former slave owner; became famous for his defense of indian rights |
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France in North America - New France |
Traded successfully with indians |
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Joint-stock companies |
Provided finacial means: investors pooled resources for sea expeditions |
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Significance |
Today we speaj englush and are prediminantly protesant, england leads in exploration |
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Spanish armada |
1588- defeated by small english shops, was seen as invincible, "protestant winds" |
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The lost colony |
Roanokes second colony (1587) "croaton", mysterious disappearance |
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Results of contact between indians and europeans |
For indians, mass death, by 1600 nearly 90% of native american population perished; for europeans, global, capitalism, revolution in diet |
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Summary of relations between the 3 major colonial powers in America and native americans |
Spain sought to christianize indians; French traded w the indians; English sought ti either mobe indians westward or annihilate them |
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The iroquois confederation |
Most powerful alliance, various competing tribes joined into this confederation |
