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    the lands he visited 6. Francisco Pizarro- conquered Peru and revealed to the Europeans the wealth of the Incas and he also opened up advances into South America 7. Don Juan de Onate- traveled north and claimed Pueblo Indian Land and enforced encomiendas 8. Pueblo Indians- a group of Indians that allocated farming tasks to men. They also had land and power taken away from them by the Europeans. 9. Mestizos- people of a half European/native race 10. Mali- emerged after the collapse of Ghana and

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    When the Aztec civilization was taken over by the Spanish‚ many things changed. Some of the changes include‚ war and violence‚ religion‚ disease and population decline‚ the destruction of culture and cities‚ Spanish rule and land owner ship; and a few positive effects. When Cortès and group of 11 ships and five hundred men set out to explore Mexico and the Central American Coast‚ they had no intention of finding a huge new civilization in the middle of a lake‚ although they had heard rumours of

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    Over the centuries‚ slave labor was the ever-present‚ favorite form of labor. Of course‚ those who were enslaved did not favor it‚ but the slave owners prefered it because they did not have to pay for the labor. The men who ran the encomiendas in South America were particularly in favor of it because the process that was required to harvest sugarcane was so strenuous that the workers often died within only a couple years of starting their work. The means by which the slaves were acquired

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    spanish empire -appointed viceroys to rule american province/ areas - council on the indies – set rules & monitored activities catholic - spanish empire a. colonies could only trade with spain b. conquistadors were given encomiendas c. allowed to force native americans to work - in mines - on plantations reaction to empire a.some priests condemned system b native americans begam to die from terrible conditions c.americans brought to replace them colonial society

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    Siani Bland AP US History Summer Reading Assignment Assignment: Complete the selected readings and submit a written essay. Essay Choice #3 Using Chapters 1&2 of Liberty‚ equality and power‚ compare and contrast the British‚ French‚ and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763. British Imperial Goals in North America between 1580 and 1763 In 1580 Francis Drake completed his second circumnavigation

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    US I AP Chapter 1 Study Guide The fall of Rome and the Dark Ages The Dark Ages: * Dark Ages: the time period in Western Civilization that began after the fall of Rome to the Goths in 476 CE * Life during the Dark Ages * Violent * City life withered * Sewage systems stopped working * People lived in shacks and struggled to get food * Literacy is almost 0% * Bubonic Plague appears People and the Roman Catholic Church: * The only saving grace during this time

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    Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people

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    large amounts of gold‚ silver‚ and other valuables. This tradition continued into the seventeenth century as Spanish ships would come annually to bring gold and other valuables back to Spain. The Spanish colonies developed economically by using the Encomienda System. In this system‚ Spanish lords exploited and manipulated Native Americans‚ using them to do manual labor on the land. On the other hand‚ the English colonies had abundant natural resources. Their economy prospered in the fur trade‚ fishing

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    Settler Colonialism is a distinct type of colonialism that functions through the replacement of indigenous populations with an invasive settler society that‚ over time‚ develops a distinctive identity and sovereignty. It happens when people from one country move to a new place‚ set up permanent homes‚ and take control of the land and resources there. They often push out or dominate the native people who were already living there. Unlike other types of colonialism‚ where the main goal is to take resources

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    No one escapes the consequences for their actions It all took place more than 400 years ago. Francisco Noguerol de Ulloa was sentenced to exile for three years‚ forced to pay a minimal fine to His Majesty‚ and was forbidden to see his second wife‚ Catalina. The crime he‚ unintentionally‚ committed was bigamy‚ marriage to two wives. Noguerol was a rich man‚ a devout Catholic and a high – ranking political and social being. Yet he was convicted of bigamy and was thrown in prison like an ordinary

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