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    Kate Shrayber Chapter One: New World Beginnings 1. Prior to European contact‚ the Americas had a diverse array of cultures. In 1200 B.C‚ corn reproduction reached the Pueblo People in the Rio Grande valley. The need to produce corn led the Pueblo People to develop complex irrigation systems. Later on‚ the Pueblo people lived in many villages with multipart buildings. The Mound Builders lived in the Ohio River Valley. The Southwest desert was home to the Anasazi people

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    APUSH Key Terms Chapter One Conquistador- one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. Aztec Moctezuma- was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan‚ reigning from 1502 to 1520. The first contact between indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign‚ and he was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of Mexico Treaty of Tordesilas- signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province‚ Spain)‚ 7 June 1494‚ divided

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    is not worthy of his honor and shouldn’t be looked at as a hero because of the things he did and because he was a liar. Columbus established many things while he was trying to colonize the Americas. A couple of those things are the tribute and encomienda systems. These systems forced the native Americans to work for the colonists. The majority of the work they did was mining for gold. Unfortunately because of the hard forced labor many Indians suffered and committed suicide. Since so many of them

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    economic system of capitalism‚ and helped lay the foundation of the modern banking system. However‚ these advancements in European society were made at the price of native devastation in the hands of the Spanish. The implementation of the system encomienda‚ in which a Spanish colonist was allowed to demand

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    peacefully tried to convert them and married Native women and integrated with them. The Spanish came behind the French as they integrated with them as well however they were much more violent in exploiting them for resources through systems like the encomienda system. However‚ the English had the most tarnished relationship with the Natives as they looked to expand at the Natives expense and saw the Natives as inferiors. Step 2: Research Notes Use the chart below to keep track of primary and secondary

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    ’for the world of the caribbean the arrival of Columbus constituted a major turning point Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who was credited with "discovering" the New World (a European term for the continents of North America and South America). Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean and South America between 1492 and 1504. As a boy‚ Columbus worked as a sailor on merchant and war ships in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1476 he went to Lisbon‚ Portugal‚ where he learned

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    Post Magallanic Expeditions: Page 1 1. Loaisa (1525) – 7 ships and 450 men Results: Failure – did not reach the Philippines death of Loaisa and co-captain Elcano in mid-ocean. 2. Cabot (1526) – 4 ships and 250 men Results: Failure – did not find the Strait of Mgellan 3. Saavedra (1527) – 3 ships and 110 men Results: Failure – reached Mindanao but failed to colonize‚ they just rescued the survivors of Loaisa’s expedition at Tidore‚ Moluccas 4. Villalobos (1542) – 6 ships 200 men Results:

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    Chapter 1 Study Guide The Spanish Empire in the Americas 1. Three arguments’ that Juan Gines de Sepulveda used to justify enslaving the Native Americans were for gold‚ ore deposits‚ and for God’s sake and man’s faith in him. 2. Three arguments that Bartolome de las Casas gave in attacking Spanish clonial policies in the New World were the Indians eating human flesh‚ worshiping false gods‚ and also‚ he believed that the Indians were cowardly and timid. 3. For comparisons that Sepulveda

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    Westmead International School Alangilan‚ Batangas City 2012-2013 Richard B. Dalawangbayan BSCS 421 Spanish (Mexico) Mexico: The “NEW SPAIN” The history of Mexico‚ a country located in the southern portion of North America‚ covers a period of more than two millennia. First populated more than 13‚000 years ago‚ the country produced complex indigenous civilizations before being conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Since the Spanish conquest

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    II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to pay an outrageous ransom of gold before executing him. Soon after these tragic events‚ the Spanish set up encomienda‚ a system of government similar to the feudal system of the middle ages. Under this system‚ Spanish military commanders were granted land on which several Indian tribes lived. They forced these indigenous people to convert to Christianity‚ work

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