CHAPTER 13 NOTES. European Empires in the Americas 1. Western European empires were marked by maritime expansion. Spaniards in Caribbean‚ then on to Aztec and Inca empires Portuguese in Brazil British‚ French‚ and Dutch colonies in North America Europeans controlled most of the Americas by the mid-nineteenth century 2. The European Advantage geography: European Atlantic states were well positioned for involvement in the Americas the Atlantic’s fixed winds helped‚ once they were understood
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present-day Bering Sea‚ which allowed nomadic groups of people to enter the Americas. B. Group of Nomads 1. Traveled across the Bering Land Bridge and populated the Americas 2. Split into countless tribes and evolved into over 2‚000 languages a. Incas- Peru b. Mayans- Central America c. Aztecs- Mexico III. The Earliest Americans A. Pueblo Indians 1. Constructed intricate irrigation systems to water their cornfields. 2. Lived in adobes and pueblos. B. Mound Builders 1. Lived at Cahokia‚
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Justin Cahill History 131 Professor Brazy 27 February‚ 2024. 15‚ 16‚ 17 century Americas Land and life in America dates way further back than Columbus’s supposed discovery‚ but it began with the native tribes. It is apparent and a well known fact that there were many people native to the Americas for hundreds of years before it was ever discovered by European settlers. After thoroughly reading through the chapters of Exploring American Histories‚ Volume One‚ by Nancy A. Hewitt and Steven F. Lawson
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AP World History Focus Questions for Key Concepts Period 3: Regional and Trans regional Interactions‚ c. 600 to c. 1450 CE Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks Answer Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline “Factoids” How did trade networks in the post-Classical Era compare to the Classical Era? Even though the Americas and Afro-Eurasia stayed separated‚ this era saw a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction
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In 1533‚ Atahuallpa‚ emperor of the Incas was presented to Conquistador Francisco Pizarro on a golden throne accented with the feathers of exotic birds. Upon meeting‚ Atahuallpa was asked cast away his religion for Christianity and accept the King of Spain as his ruler. When he refused‚ he was taken prisoner and eventually killed. His gold was sent back to Spain‚ and his people were enslaved. Why is it that the Spanish conquered the Incas and not the other way around? UCLA geology professor and Pulitzer
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Reconquista – reconquest of Spain Aztec/Inca Empires – native people of central America Cahokia/Mound Builders – failed because of weather changes “Christian liberty” – Christian’s duty to have civil liberty Hernán Cortés / Montezuma – killed Aztecs (Montezuma) no gold‚ just corn Gutenberg’s press – first standardized printing press Bartolomé de Las Casas – priest who documented the destruction of indians New Laws of 1542/ repartimiento – Indians were legally free‚ but still required to work
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Chapter 1 Study Guide The Spanish Empire in the Americas 1. Three arguments’ that Juan Gines de Sepulveda used to justify enslaving the Native Americans were for gold‚ ore deposits‚ and for God’s sake and man’s faith in him. 2. Three arguments that Bartolome de las Casas gave in attacking Spanish clonial policies in the New World were the Indians eating human flesh‚ worshiping false gods‚ and also‚ he believed that the Indians were cowardly and timid. 3. For comparisons that Sepulveda
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Chapter 6(Africa) key concepts- *The varied enviroments of African regions had an important influence on the cultural and economic developments of societies. *Regional and long distance interactions among African societies and with outsiders helped create the cultural diversity that characterized the period * Various African societies played a major role in the larger networks of trade‚ including both the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks. * Islam’s spread to Africa had a significant
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would lose his life if he married them‚ so he denied the request. When Cusicoller found out that she was pregnant‚ her father sent her away and sentenced Ollantay to death. The Inca had his troops follow Ollantay and his men into the valley‚ and when they fell asleep‚ the Inca’s troops kidnapped them. On the journey back‚ the Inca died and his son Tupac took over. Tupac was an old friend of Ollantay and he told him that he would have to go through with the sentence but he would allow him to speak first
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“Conquistadors were the men who during the sixteenth century engaged in the acts of exploration and conquest in the Americas that expanded Spain’s colonial empire.” The conquistadors intention was to better their own lives. They also wanted to expand their religion to new territories. While attempting to do both of these things the conquistadors indirectly influenced the scope and nature of world trade. They establish the beginnings of long-term commercial contacts between Europe‚ Africa‚ and
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