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Spain- “Let me get in on that action”• Expelled the “infidels” • Ready to show of
power, and take out rival Portuguese.
• Portugal controls Africa, thus Spain must find new route to the Indies.
Christopher Columbus• Not the first, certainly
not the last.• One of most
successful failures in history
• 4 continents now connected- globalization has begun
The Columbian Exchange • Old World meets the
“New World”• 1493- Columbus
comes back to Haiti and the Dominica Republic, 17 ships, like Noah’s ark.
Maybe we can share…?• Treaty of Tordesillas
1494-
Spain’s Colonization of Americas
• Conquistadors- conquerors • 3 Reasons- God, Gold,
Glory • 1513- Vasco Nunez
Balboa- discovers pacific ocean
• 1513 and 1521- Juan Ponce De Leon explores Florida
• 1540- 1542- Francisco Coronado- as far east as Kansas
• Hernado de Soto-1539- 1542- Finds Miss. River
Spain’s Colonization of Americas
• Francisco Pizzarro- destroys Inca empire- 1532
• Surge in precious metals, standards of living increases, and the capitalism and beginning to form.
Spanish Colonization of Americas• Spanish- Accept our
religion or die. • Enconmieda- allows
government to give Indians to certain colonists who promise to christianize them.
The Conquest of Mexico
• 1519- Hernan Cortes- 16 horses- 500 men
• Aztec Chief Montezuma thinks Cortes is the god Quetzalcoatl- allows Cortes to enter the city unharmed, even gives him gifts