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Columbus thought he could reach Asia by
traveling West.
Most Europeans learned of the Americas
after Columbus landing on the island of San
Salvador in the West Indies (Bahamas).
They did not realize that the Vikings had
sailed to the Americas more than 400 years
earlier.
Columbus did not realize at
first he had landed in a new
land, rather he thought he had
landed in India on the
continent of Asia (thus the
name West Indies).
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From the late 1300s to the 1500s, the Renaissance
was a period of intellectual and articistic creativity
through-out Europe.
(A) After the invention of the printing press
(1450s) made information more available to
people.Prior to that only the church or the
aristocracy had access to knowledge.
(B) Mapmaking grew as the technology of
shipbuilding improved and this would lead to
a desire to find a sea route to Asia. This desire
was motivated by a goal to improve trade.
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A World Divided
After Columbus’ expedition there was
a race between Spain and Portugal
to circumnavigate the globe and find
riches in the new world.
Pope
Alexander VI
The Pope (the head of the Catholic
Church) decided to divide the world in
half for exploration. The Western
world would be for Spain while the
Eastern World would be explored by
Portugal.
This imaginary line was called the
Line of Demarcation.
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Spanish Rule
Spain in the Americas
There were three types of Spanish settlements in the Americas.
Spanish Conquistadors, or
explorers, searched for gold, silver,
and wealth in the Americas.
1. Spain set up Pueblos throughout the
Americas. These small towns were set
up as trade centers.
2. A second type of settlement were
Missions —a small town with a small
church surrounded by farmland to
support the mission with a small portion
of the crop to be exported to Spain.
In the 1500s, the Aztec and Inca
Empires were overthrown by Spain.
The three advanced civilization of
the lower Americas were now gone.
3. Military forts were also built to protect
both the nearby pueblos and missions.
These forts were called Presidios.
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The Encomienda System
Spain granted each conquistador a
right to control the land and people in
a specified region. This right included
the right to tax the settlers and native
people. Without the ability to pay a
tax, some natives were enslaved to
the Conquistadors.
Spanish settlers made a lot of money
selling crops back to Europe. They
created a plantation system to
raise crops (a large piece of land for
large scale farming).
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