colonial foundations Flashcards
Ceuta
conquered in 1415 by king John I, the on the Portuguese first attempt,the muslims were prepared so they sail away (late july) but return a few weeks later (august 22) to conquer the land. because of this muslim caravans stopped going to Ceuta so no one could trade
Madeira
discovered in 1419 by portugal
El Mina
established in 1471 by Portugal, portuguese the then build a large fortified castle there. where the slave trade begins through portugal in the 15th century
Feitoria
“factory”, trading post based on agriculture
Vasco da Gama
born in 1460s, portugese soldier in the 1490s, the king assigns him to take over french ships and in 1497, the king assigns him an expedition to go around africa into india to discover a sea route. he arrives at calicut in may of 1498. Here there are traders from all around the world. He then goes back to portugal in august 1498 and arrives in september 1499.
Christopher Columbus
born in 1451 in Italy. his father sold and produced cloth so he went overseas at an early age. He then takes his expedition idea to find a new route to India to spanish court in 1485 but there was no interest. He then took his idea back to court in 1492 and left August 3rd 1492 with 3 ships. on October 12th, he discovers Sans Salvidore and discovered the Arawaks, but he believes he is in Asia and believes he has discovered a new route there
Arawaks
The good indians christopher columbus can befriends, peaceful people
caribs
the other indian group that christopher columbus viewed as violent cannibals
Isolation
people of the Americas were isolated from the world (technology, disease, language ect.)
scale
more population to draw on, there were about 500 million people in the world at that time 60 million people were isolated from the large group, making the smaller group extremely vulnerable.
Philippines
in April 1586, spain tries to use the island to invade China by offering the King of the island wealth from china. They wanted to do this for religion and wealth and believed it was possible because they had done the same thing in many other countries. the spanish were never able to conquer china.
Hernan Cortes
an only child from spain, went to the Caribbean at age 19 and worked as a soldier. He then sets sail illegally in 1519, beginning at Cuba. He travels to cazumel island and met a spaniard that was shipwrecked and could translate from mayan to spanish. He is then given Dona Marina as a slave which allows cortes to speak to almost any native. in april 1519, cortes finds the city of Valicruz. He then begins to find divisions within the aztec empire and begins to form allies before taking montezuma hostage. the spaniards then come to arrest cortes but he instead convinces them to join him on his mission. upon his return, many aztecs were massacred so he has to flea. august 15, 1521 the aztec leader was captured and forced to surrender.
Mexica
the aztecs, last ancient civilization to live in mesoamerica, captured and sacrificed many people, had a lot of gold and wealth, live in tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan
modern day mexico city, built in the middle of a lake, where the aztecs lived
tlaxcalans
the indians that aided cortes in his conquest to conquer the aztec empire
