Outline 4 (European Conquest and Colonization in North America and Asia) Flashcards

1
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Time period of the European Conquest?

A

1500-1700

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2
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“The English in Asia”

Catalyst for what?

A

Expansion

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3
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“The English in Asia”

English East India Company occurred when?

A

1600

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4
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“The English in Asia”

How was the establishment working?

A

Many failed attempts to establish throughout Asia

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“The English in Asia”

Finally, success occurred where?

A

Coromandel Coast of southern India

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6
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“The English in Asia”

England’s future focus on?

A

India

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7
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“The Dutch in Asia”

Who do they challenge that are hated by local powers?

A

Portuguese

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“The Dutch in Asia”

What was The Itinerario by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten?

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Published as “Key to The East”, the Itinerario proper, is a report of the journey Van Linschoten undertook from Lisbon to Goa and back again

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9
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“The Dutch in Asia”

Started trade with what islands?

A

Spice islands (Dutch East Indies)

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10
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“The Dutch in Asia”

What was different in their approach?

A

Trade; not conversion or colonization

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“The Dutch in Asia”

Started increasing their control of what?

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Sea lanes, prices, production

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12
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“European competition in Asia”

European insignificance lead to what?

A

limitations

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13
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“European competition in Asia”

Asian perception of Europeans?

A

“Sea barbarians”

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14
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“European competition in Asia”

Growing competition between who?

A

European merchants

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15
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“European competition in Asia”

What also affected the competition?

A

Religious movements and differences

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Dutch Colonization?

A
  • The Americas
  • New Netherland > New York
  • Caribbean
  • Guiana
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17
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Main focus of the Dutch Colonization?

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Asia:
-Dutch East Indies (Spice Islands)

-India

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18
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“French Colonization in North America”

How was their relationship with native Americans?

A
  • need for allies in fur trade
  • Coureurs de bois’ adoption of Indian culture, wives
  • Emphasis on evangelism
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19
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“French Colonization in North America”

Population growth?

A

Very slow

20
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“French Colonization in North America”

Defeated by who?

A

English

21
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The French was different from the English in what colonization aspect?

A

allies and creating relationships

22
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“English colonization in North America”

Failed attempts at settlement when?

A

16th century

23
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“English colonization in North America”

The city, state, year of colonization?

A

Jamestown, Virginia, 1607

24
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“English colonization in North America”

The intended labor source?

A

indentured servitude

25
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“English colonization in North America”

Southern colonies impact?

A
  • social stratification

- dependence on large cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and rice

26
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“English colonization in North America”

New England colonies started where and when?

A

Massachusetts, 1620

27
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“English colonization in North America”

The New England colonies emphasis?

A

Religious freedom (at least for Puritans)

28
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“English colonization in North America”

New England colonies idea?

A

more independence, political autonomy

29
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“English colonization in North America”

New England reliance on?

A

timber, fishing, furs, shipping, commerce

30
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“English colonization in North America”

Middle Atlantic colonies difference?

A

greater ethnic and religious diversity

31
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“English colonization in North America”

Middle Atlantic colonies source of trade?

A

grain export, shipping

32
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What emerged in the Catholic Church in colonial Latin America?

A

Syncretic Amerindian Christianity (Our Lady of Guadalupe)

33
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What two sources was colonial Latin American economy like?

A
  • Spanish silver from Peru and Mexico

- Portuguese Brazil’s sugar plantations

34
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In Latin American economy, what did the Spanish silver from Peru and Mexico include?

A
  • Amerindian enslavement (encomiendas)

- Mita

35
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In Latin American economy, what did Brazil’s sugar plantations labor consist of?

A
  • Amerindian labor

- African labor

36
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What was the council of the Indies (1524)?

A

In Latin America, The Council of the Indies took care of all governmental issues, administration, justice, war and religion, being always the first instance

37
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In Iberian colonization, what were the “social hierarchies”?

A
  • Creoles
  • Mestizos
  • Mulattoes
  • Indians/Africans
38
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When did the emergence of syncretic colonial institutions happen?

A

The Iberian Colonization

39
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What were some of the criticism of the Spanish Conquest?

A
  • Dominican friars, School of Salamanca

- Bartolome de las Casa, Account of the Devastation of the Indies

40
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Who was Francisco Pizarro?

A

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

41
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Who played a role in the execution of Inca Emperor Atahualpa?

A

Pizarro

42
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What spurs more conquest in the Inca Empire?

A

Inca wealth

43
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Who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519?

A

Hernan Cortes

44
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How did Cortes gain conquest of the Inca Empire?

A
  • alliance with Amerindian groups
  • quetzalcoatl legend, confusion
  • capture of Moctezuma
  • Retreat, return, siege, victory
45
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What helped secure the victory of the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

A

European disease