The Voyage of Columbus
___________sailed to America in 1492 for Spain
Called natives Indians
Spain created ___________
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“It would be unnecessary to build a fort here because the people are so simple in deeds of arms. If your highness order either to bring all of them to Castile (Spain) or to hold them as captives (slaves) on their own island it could easily be done, because with about 50 men you could control and subjugate them all, making them do whatever you want.”
-Christopher Columbus
1500, Portuguese claimed ___________
1501, ______________________explored Eastern coast of South America Named America after himself
______________________sailed around the world
Spanish Conquests in Mexico
______________________was a Spanish Conquistador
Seeking great riches Gold and Silver
1519, Cortes defeated the powerful ______________________
Spanish Conquests in Peru
1534, Spanish ______________________________conquered Incan Empire Defeated ______________________
Spain had an Empire from Mexico to Peru
Spanish men married native women Had ___________ children
Spanish formed large farms and used natives as slave labor
1830’s Portuguese built large farms called ______________________ Grew sugar
Opposition to Spanish Rule
Spain’s power expanded
Spanish ___________ began to protest the harsh treatment of the Natives Bartolome de Las
Casas
Natives also ___________
Competing Claims in North America
1500s, French explored ___________ Explored and
claimed large amounts of land
English Arrive in North America
First permanent English settlement: ______________________ Many settlers died (70%) from:
Improved with Tobacco
1620, group of Pilgrims founded second English Colony: ______________________
Very religious - ___________
The Struggle for North America
Europeans fought for North American land English defeated
Dutch renamed
colony New York
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1754, _________________________________– Britain and France fought over North America French Forced to ___________North
American land
Native Americans Respond
Many natives joined in fur trade
Many conflict over land
Natives suffered more from ______________________
Causes of African Slavery
European ___________ began in 1500s Slaves treated
harshly
Natives worked farms and mines
Europeans brought slaves from ___________ 1500-1870 9.5 million Africans had been
imported as slaves.
______________________:Buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas Started by Spanish
Increased by Portuguese
Slavery Spreads Throughout the
Americas European colonies also brought slaves to
work:
Many ___________________ joined in the slave trade. Captured people, brought them to the coast to
sell to European traders.
A Forced Journey
______________________- European trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe involving slaves and other goods
European ships brought goods to ___________, traded them for people.
________ taken across the Atlantic to the ___________ Sold into slavery
The traders then bought sugar, coffee, and tobacco to bring back to Europe.
______________________Voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and the Americas
20 percent of slaves died
Very cruel
40-150 days
Slavery in the Americas
Slaves were ______________________
Worked from dawn until after dusk
Lived in small huts Little food or clothing
African labor helped build the Americas brought skills and culture Many of the nations of the Americas have
mixed race populations.
The Columbian Exchange
Constant movement of people and products between ____________________________________________
______________________Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
Global Trade
______________________= Economic Revolution ______________________Based on private
ownership of property and the right of a business to earn a profit on money it has invested.
_________________________________ many investors pool their money to start a business and share in the profits.