Chapter 25: Americas and Oceanias Flashcards
The first site of interaction between European and Ameirca beople was
The carribean, and the Taino were the prominent people in that region
Taino
Cultivate manioc, lived in small villiages under the authority of chiefs,a nd showed interst in things like glass beads, metal tools that the spanish brought
Where was the base of Spanish operaitons in the carribean?
Hispaniola, wh. Santo Domingo was foudned in 1498..and it was the trading capial.
What was very clear about the Americas?
THey offered no silk or spices of r the European market
did the settlers first attempt to make money by?
Mining gold, where usage f the Taino was popular
What were the social classes?
Encomenderos (settlers), and Tainos, who they abused a lot
What dieases ravaged the area?
small pox and othe rthings
What are soem words fo the Tiano tha tusrvive?
Canoe, Hammock,Hurricane, maize, BArbecue, Tobacco
Who came to the Carribean with the intention of establishin gplantations>
Frnehc,English, Dutch…it would have good crops in sugar and tobacco
Conquistadores
Conqurors..suhc as Hernan Cortes and Francisoc Pizzaro
What was teh type of socity that spanish found>
THey found societies quite differen tform those of the Caribbean islands. Both MExioc and Peru had been the sites of iddfferent agricultural societies, and,
When did the Conquest of Meixco begin?
With a search for gold, 11519, Cortes led a search, to MExico. they seized teh empeor,,,, and Cuahtemoc was the last leader
What gave an advntage to the Spanish?
Their Steel swords, muskets, cannons, and horses offered Crotes and his soldiers some advantage over he forces they met and help to account for the Pnish conquest
What was the diesease that ravaged the place?
Smallpox
How was Francisco Pizzaro able to take advantage of the Inca Empire?
He came during a time of a dispute, between Huascar, and Atahualpa. PIzzaro exploited both of them, between different those factions and were able o get lots of gold
Pizzaro spared the leader Altahualpa and until he had
The conquests of MExoc came by
individual efforts, hte people who conquereod could allocate lands
What were the two new colonies?
New Spain-Mexico, and New Castile-Peru
How was the power base designed?
There were viceroys, the kings reps in the Ameiras. THe Audeinces herd appeals agaisnt the vicerosy decisions and policies and had the right to address the conerns
What were some new cities?
St. Augustine in Florida, Lima, Panama
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas allow?
Divided the world along an imaginary norht-south 370 leagues west, anad said some is Spain and th eothers is portugals
Who breifly stopped in Brazil?
Pedro Alvares de Cabral
What were the cities iof the Iberian Empirs like? THey became centers of European style society in the ameircas: the Spires of chuches and cathedrals defined thier skulies and Spaish and Protugese were the languages of the Government
What were some new colonies that the English and rench founded?
HTey foudned Port Royal, Quebec, and James Town, MAssachusettles bay colonies
How was life in the early settlements?
it was difficult, most of the setlters did not expect to cultivate food crops but hoped to sustain thier communities by producing valuable commodities ushc as fur, ptch, tar, or lumber
The French and English colonies in Norht America differed in several ways from the Iberian territoires..how?
The Iberian exploratations had oryal backing, french and english were individual efforts
What were English Colonists subejct to?
HTey were subject to royal authority. Fr
What were the relationship betweent he French and English with the indeginous populations?
THey didn’t setlte, and there were no big states….They took great pains to justify thier rights to some ladns
Where did conflicts arise?
The French and English clashed with the native people who resented the intrusions on ther hunting grounds
What did many settlers do to the lands?
They destoryed them, t
Another repetitive question…get it rght. Whatreally destoryed the indigenous population
Small pox