AGE OF EXPLORATION Video. CONQUISTADOR: Spanish conqueror After Columbus & Magellan… Hernan...

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CONQUEST IN AMERICA AGE OF EXPLORATION Video

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 Came across Aztec Empire  Greeted by Montezuma  Aztecs thought Spaniards were “iron-clad gods”  Defeated Aztecs (1. Superior weapons, 2. Used enemies to help, 3. Disease)  Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital) became Mexico City Video 

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CONQUEST IN AMERICAAGE OF EXPLORATION

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COLONIZATION IN THE AMERICAS CONQUISTADOR: Spanish

conqueror After Columbus & Magellan… Hernan Cortes (Spain) -

conquistador who arrived in Mexico in 1519, looking for lands to claim & searching for “City of Gold”

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HERNAN CORTES VS

Came across Aztec Empire Greeted by Montezuma

Aztecs thought Spaniards were “iron-clad gods”

Defeated Aztecs (1. Superior weapons, 2. Used enemies to help, 3. Disease)

Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital) became Mexico City

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AZTEC EMPIRE

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FRANCISCO PIZARRO VS

Conquistador who arrived in Inca Empire (Peru) in 1523

Captured Atahualpa for ransom of gold/silver; silver became a HUGE commodity!

Spanish eventually conquered, taking over lands from Ecuador to Chile

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Bio. Video

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REASONS FOR CONQUISTADORS’ SUCCESSES

Military: horses, muskets, cannons, armor Division among natives: Aztecs/Incas

had many tribal enemies Oppression/abuse of Native

Americans: forced to work in encomienda system (slave farming)

Disease: new to Native Americans; challenged beliefs

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS?

90% of indigenous population died b/c of enslavement, overwork, or diseases: Smallpox Measles Influenza

Many converted to Christianity by force

Caught in battle between Spain & Portugal

Optional Video

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TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494 - Agreement between Spain &

Portugal negotiated by Pope Alexander VI

LINE OF DEMARCATION divides “New World” Portugal gets everything EAST of the line

(Brazil & East Indies) Spain gets everything WEST of the line

(Central America, Caribbean, & most of South America)

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GET OUT YOUR MAP #1!

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SPANISH ECONOMY & SOCIAL CLASSES

Can only import/export with Spain MERCANTILISM: how much gold/silver a country

has ORDER OF SOCIAL CLASS in New Spain:

Peninsulares – born in Spain Creoles – American-born

descendents of Spanish settlers Mestizos – Native & Spanish

descent Mulattoes – Spanish & African

descent Native Americans African slaves

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PORTUGUESE ECONOMY (BRAZIL)

Nobles given land grants; shared profits with king in Portugal

Turned to plantation agriculture (esp. sugar) and livestock raising

5 million + Africans brought into Brazil as slaves

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VIDEO: CONQUISTADORS In Spanish (no subtitles), but gives it an

authentic feel!

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THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE 1500-1600 Great exchange of new foods, plants,

animals, culture, tools, humans, technology, and diseases between the Old World (Europe/Africa) and the New World (America)

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THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE VIDEO (CRASH COURSE)

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AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS VIDEO Optional (time permitting), part 3 of 3.

(30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9L_jhUID8

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CRASH COURSE VIDEO

The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation (time permitting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjhIzemLdos