Renaissance. Additionally‚ the period of European history referred to as the Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. Lastly‚ in 1492‚ Christopher Columbus and his crew reach the Americas on October 12. Eventually‚ he made four voyages to the Americas‚ the first voyage begins in 1492‚ which led to the discovery of America. In conclusion‚ many Native American societies developed across Mesoamerica and South America.
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Chapter 1: Ancient America Before 1492 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY Archaeologists focus on physical objects such as bones‚ spears‚ pots‚ baskets‚ jewelry‚ clothing and buildings. Historians direct attention to writings‚ letters‚ and diary entries. North Americans in 1492 possessed many forms of symbolic representation‚ but not writing. People who lived during the millennia invented hundreds of spoken languages‚ learned to survive in every natural environment and they learned and taught from
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Up until 1492‚ the people of North America had created unique cultures that were isolated from other parts of the world. In 1492 is when Columbus arrived and began to explore the world‚ which made Europeans want to compete against him. Because of this North America was greatly affected by European influence with the start of the Columbian Exchange. A need for slave labor arose because the North Americans farm industry evolved. In the beginning‚ Native Americans were used for the labor‚ but didn’t
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During the time period from 1450 to 1750‚ two powerful empires were in the process of being built. These two empires were the Ottoman and the Spanish. During the building process of their empires‚ the Ottoman and the Spanish both developed many similarities in their political‚ social‚ and economic affairs. A major similarity between these empires was that they both had a similar slave system. Although the Ottoman and the Spanish had many similarities‚ they also had many differences. The religions
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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa. Genoa was a seaport that was on the Ligurian sea. His name was Cristoforo Colombo and that was translated into English as Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two brothers‚ which he was older than both. Christopher Columbus had little schooling just like most of the people during that age. Genoa was a busy seaport and Christopher Columbus learned much from the sailors. Christopher Columbus’s father was a poor weaver. Christopher Columbus worked
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discovering most of the New World. Hispaniola had been inhabited for many years before Columbus finally arrived in 1492. In fact‚ an entire ethnicity and culture had formed on the island long before his trek to the New World. In venturing to the aforementioned New World‚ Christopher Columbus systematically killed and enslaved hundreds of innocent indigenous peoples. Columbus braved the seas in 1492 to the New World in hopes of civilizing the savages and populating a so-called empty continent. Students are
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on May 20‚ 1506. Christopher columbus had 3 ships names. Santa Maria‚ Pinta and Nina. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the America’s in 1492. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer hired by Spain to reach Asia in 1491. Instead he discovered a continent‚ and in four voyages explored the West Indies from 1492 to 1502. His discovery resulted in Europeans exploring and settling
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MID TERM EXAM to be down loaded and answered in Word Chapter 1 before 1492 Worlds Apart (The Indigenous Problem in America) 1a) Describe the relationship of Indigenous Peoples to the land and their level of technology in the Americas before 1492. 1c) Describe the travels of Columbus to the New World‚ The treatment by the explorers of the Indigenous peoples they encountered. (Optional) Describe discussion or presentation made in the class sessions on this
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In latin America and the Caribbean mita‚ slavery‚ and wage labor were evident as labor systems in 1750‚ but by 1914 wage labor became a dominate labor system.Over time‚ Latin America’s labor system went from slavery to indentured servitude. As a result of European conquest and colonization there was a dramatic shift in African labor from agriculture‚ trade‚ bronzing and certain specialized crafts to mine labor and felling forests. There were also certain things that remained the same‚ like the use
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requested multiple countries to sponsor his journey to the west; most countries rejected him but he finally came to agreements with Spain in early 1492. Columbus was given three ships commonly known as the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria but Nina and Pinta were just nicknames the crew had given to them. “Mariners dubbed one of the three ships on Columbus’s 1492 voyage the Pinta‚ Spanish for “the painted one” or “prostitute.” The Santa Clara‚ meanwhile‚ was nicknamed the Nina in honor of its owner‚
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