Europe Meets the New World In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Everyone knows this phrase‚ but that was just the beginning of a very complex story. Europe was all unified under the Roman Catholic Church. For years Columbus tried to convince the King of Portugal to support him in his idea for an easier western route to the Indies but he was turned down‚ so he looked elsewhere. Finally‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor the voyage because they thought it would create
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New World different illnesses‚ for example‚ smallpox‚ flu‚ typhus‚ measles‚ intestinal sickness‚ diphtheria‚ whooping hack. These ailments‚ alongside military clashes and various components‚ annihilated the local populace of the New World. 8-11. Encomienda‚ in pioneer Spanish America‚ a statutory framework by which the Spanish crown endeavored to characterize the status of the Indian populace in its American provinces. It was based on the act of demanding tribute from Muslims and Jews amid the Reconquista
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significantly changed due to the Columbian exchange. Important crops introduced to Mexico were: coffee‚ cotton‚ bananas‚ citrus‚ and sugarcane. This dramatic change was due to the emergence of cross continental trade that was now possible. Moreover‚ the encomienda system was put into place‚ and this could be compared to feudal society in medieval Europe. A
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Exploration and Colonization of the English‚ French‚ and Spanish The basis for exploration to the West‚ starting with the Spanish‚ cam e after the Italians sent Marco Polo to China which in turn created the Silk Road. These other 3 international powers‚ the English‚ French‚ and Spanish‚ needed their own ways to get to the Middle East to obtain those goods. So‚ this want for new‚ valuable goods‚ is what the basis for the exploration was. Another main basis was the creation of new seafaring equipment
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the New Laws in 1542‚ which outlawed the enslavement of Amerindians and limited other forms of force. 4. Potosi- located in Bolivia‚ it is one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America. 5. Encomienda- a grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians
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America before Columbus Early Migrations Many people came to America by the Bering Straight COLUMBUS WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THE AMERICAS!! Civilizations in the Americas Incas ( located in Peru; largest empire in the Americas Mayans (located in Central America; developed a written system‚ calendar and agricultural advancements. Aztecs (Tenochtitlan- largest city ever to that time period) Southwestern US (based mainly on agriculture like maize‚ and they also built elaborate irrigation
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They encountered the native tribes and saw an opportunity for survival. The Spanish viewed the natives as inferior and enslaved them in the encomienda system. The French and Dutch‚ however‚ took a different approach which was to trade with them to develop a friendlier relationship. They traded weapons for food and fur. The British colonists traded with the native Americans‚ and quickly made efforts
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Man often suffers from a kind of predicament and inability to adjust to the life he lives . This leads to inner suffering and hating of society where he lives ‚ because he is not treated as a human being. “A predicament is a situation lived and felt from the inside. It is something you seek to ameliorate or rise above” William E. Connolly. Some people may be forced to use violence‚ others may prefer alienation from society. Both of them represent a human predicament . Violence begets destruction
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Spanish colonization The invasion of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564‚ when another expedition from New Spain‚ commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi‚ arrived. Permanent Spanish settlement was not established until 1565 when an expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the first Governor-General of the Philippines‚ arrived in Cebu from New Spain. Spanish leadership was soon established over many small independent communities that previously had known no central rule. Six
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Unit 1- chapters 1-4 Chapter 1:New world Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D. 1769 1. How did Indian societies of South and North America differ from European societies at the time the two came into contact? In What ways did Indians retain a “world view” different from that of the Europeans? 2. What role did disease and forced labor (including slavery) play in the early settlement of America? Is the view of Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors
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