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Who “discovered” the Americas?The Irish?Vikings? Leif Ericcson- 1000 AD. *

Africans? Art

Chinese? 1421 emperor led expedition

The “native” indians?Portugese?Christopher Columbus? 1492- Carribean islands

Amerigo Vespucci? Helped Columbus

Juan Ponce de Leon? 1513- St. Augustine Florida

John Cabot? First from Enlgand

1492: A BIG Year for Spain!Take Granada - throw Muslims out – ends

Reconquista“Super Catholics” – throw out JewsWant to show how mighty they are…Fund Columbus, an Italian, for a voyage to AsiaAugust 1492 – set sailOctober 1492 – reached West IndiesReturns to brag…3 more voyages madeClaimed Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica and coast

of South America for Spain

The Turning PointWipe out Native

Cultures (Disease, murder, converting religion, forcing from native land)

Europeans become more curious of New World. (take natives back as slaves)

Balboa claims Pacific for Spain Crosses isthmus of panama

Magellan’s crew Circumnavigates the globe

Columbian ExchangeFoods, animals,

disease, etc.

Spanish Conquer the New World

Several ConquistadorsHernando Cortes- Conquered

Aztecs

Francisco Pizarro- Conquered Incas

Juan Ponce de Leon- 1513- Florida

Panfilo Narvaez- Caught in storm in gulf

Hernando de Soto- 1539-1542- Explored Florida to Miss.

Francisco Coronado- Arizona, New mexico, grand canyon.

Why spend the time and money??

Life in New SpainMissions “duty” to convert to Catholic

Laws of the Indies- Class SystemPeninsulares- SpanishCreoles- born thereMestizos- mixedindians

Native American workers/slavesEncomiendas

Bartolome de Las Casas- Priest- stopped native slavery, promoted african slavery.

African Slave Trade begins: 1540s10 million slaves

Europe Scrambles for AmericaProtestant Reformation sets the scene in 1517. Caused many division – Spain (Catholic) England (Anglican) Dutch and German (Protestant)

France: Giovanni da Verrazano & Jacques Cartier

V- Traveled Carolinas through Canada for NW passage C ½ way up the St. Lawrence

Focus on trapping, fishing and trading, missionary work

Covered the great lakes and MississippiNetherlands: Henry Hudson & Peter Minuit

Purchased Manhattan settled New Netherland (York)

H- New york harbor, M- searches for riches

England: John Cabot & Henry Hudson, etc.Sir Walter Raleigh establishes Roanoke in 1585Virginia Company establishes Jamestown in 1607

C- “new found” island- wanted Spain’s Success.

Jamestown Colony est. 1607

Swampy areaLittle to eatNo goldJohn Smith and PocahontasTobacco crops 1612Reforms of 1619 -BurgessesWomen 1619African Slaves- 1644 more than 300 from the Dutch

The PilgrimsThe MayflowerBradford establishes Plymouth in

1620 Elected Gov for 36 years

“Separatists” from the church of England

The Mayflower Compact “Civic Body Politic- about the “common good”

Very harsh winterUnstable housesNearly ½ diedSpring brought help- crops planted thanks to the natives

Day of thanksgiving