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Chapter Introduction
The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe and the Americas (1492–1750)
Chapter Introduction
This chapter will cover the conquistadors taking over the Aztec and Incan empires, the establishment of European colonies in the Americas, the slave trade, and the effects of the Columbian Exchange.
• Section 1: Conquest in the Americas
• Section 2: Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
• Section 3: Struggle for North America
• Section 4: The Atlantic Slave Trade
• Section 5: Effects of Global Contact
Section 1
Conquest in the Americas
Conquest in the AmericasConquest in the Americas
Chapter 15: Section #1
Section 1
Conquest in the Americas
As inferiorsAs inferiors
Question #1:
How did Spanish conquistadors treat the Taínos?
Section 1
Conquest in the Americas
They believed that Cortés might be one oftheir gods, and therefore were more welcomingthan they might have been otherwise.
They believed that Cortés might be one oftheir gods, and therefore were more welcomingthan they might have been otherwise.
Question #2:What impact did the Aztecs’ religious beliefs have on Cortés’s approach to Tenochtitlán?
Section 1
Conquest in the Americas
The Inca civil war, Indian allies, superiorweapons, and disease.The Inca civil war, Indian allies, superiorweapons, and disease.
Question #3:What factors encouraged Spanish success in Peru?
Section 1
Conquest in the Americas
The Maya and the Inca fought or rebelled foryears. Indians throughout the Americas resistedthe Spanish by preserving aspects of their owncultures.
The Maya and the Inca fought or rebelled foryears. Indians throughout the Americas resistedthe Spanish by preserving aspects of their owncultures.
Question #4:In what ways did Native Americans resist Europeans?
Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Section 2
Spanish and PortugueseColonies in the AmericaSpanish and PortugueseColonies in the America
Chapter 15: Section #2
Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Section 2
A system in which the Spanish had the right to demand labor from Native Americans.A system in which the Spanish had the right to demand labor from Native Americans.
Question #1:
What was the encomienda system?
Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Section 2
The Church fostered the creation of universitiesin the colonies to provide for the educationof priests.
The Church fostered the creation of universitiesin the colonies to provide for the educationof priests.
Question #2:
What was the role of the Church in colonial education?
Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Section 2
The cutting and exportation of brazilwood,plantation agriculture, and cattle ranching.The cutting and exportation of brazilwood,plantation agriculture, and cattle ranching.
Question #3:
What was Brazil’s economy based on?
Struggle for North America
Section 3
Struggle for North AmericaStruggle for North America
Chapter 15: Section #3
Struggle for North America
Section 3
They found farming difficult in the cold climateand much less profitable than trappingand trading.
They found farming difficult in the cold climateand much less profitable than trappingand trading.
Question #1:Why did French settlers abandon farming in favor of fur trapping and trading?
Struggle for North America
Section 3
As commercial ventures for profit, or ashavens from persecution.As commercial ventures for profit, or ashavens from persecution.
Question #2:For what reasons were the English colonies established?
Struggle for North America
Section 3
It was fought to determine which country—France or Britain—would have dominance overNorth America.
It was fought to determine which country—France or Britain—would have dominance overNorth America.
Question #3:
Why was the French and Indian War fought?
Section 4
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave TradeThe Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter 15: Section #4
Section 4
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The triangular trade was immensely profitableto merchants and to industries such as shipbuilding,fishing, tobacco growing, and sugar cane growing and processing.
The triangular trade was immensely profitableto merchants and to industries such as shipbuilding,fishing, tobacco growing, and sugar cane growing and processing.
Question #1:
How did triangular trade affect colonial economies?
Section 4
The Atlantic Slave Trade
By trying to escape, by overcoming theircaptors, or by killing themselves.By trying to escape, by overcoming theircaptors, or by killing themselves.
Question #2:
How did enslaved Africans resist captivity?
Section 4
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Millions of Africans were enslaved and killed,destroying lives and disrupting societies.Millions of Africans were enslaved and killed,destroying lives and disrupting societies.
Question #3:
How did the slave trade affect Africans?
Section 5
Effects of Global Contact
Effects of Global ContactEffects of Global Contact
Chapter 15: Section #5
Section 5
Effects of Global Contact
The Columbian Exchange made more nutritious foods available to people around the world, spurring population growth.
The Columbian Exchange made more nutritious foods available to people around the world, spurring population growth.
Question #1:
Why did the global population explode?
Section 5
Effects of Global Contact
Merchants gave raw materials to a cottager tomake into a product. Merchants then boughtand sold the finished product for a profit.
Merchants gave raw materials to a cottager tomake into a product. Merchants then boughtand sold the finished product for a profit.
Question #2:
How did the “putting-out” system work?
Section 5
Effects of Global Contact
Merchants gained wealth, and the middleclass prospered. Nobles did poorly, as the landthey owned brought fewer benefits. Peasantseither felt little change or suffered, falling intopoverty.
Merchants gained wealth, and the middleclass prospered. Nobles did poorly, as the landthey owned brought fewer benefits. Peasantseither felt little change or suffered, falling intopoverty.
Question #3:How did economic changes affect different Europeans?