Period 1: 1491-1607 Flashcards
Maize cultivation in Mexico and American Southwest
Ancient Anasazi people, Mississippi People, 3 sister farming
Maize cultivation in Mexico and American Southwest
Ancient Anasazi people, Mississippi People, 3 sister farming
Great Basin, Mobile lifestyles
Horses Introduced by Spanish
Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, hunter-gatherers, permanent villages
Iroquois Leaugue, Algonquian people
Californians
Potlach Tradition, Totem Poles
Reasons for going
Conquistadors: Columbus, Pizzaro, Cortez
Gold, Glory, God,
Portugal, Spain, England, France
Columbian Exchange going to Europe, European shift from Frugalism to Capitalism
Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Gold, Silver
Encomienda System
Convert Indigenous to Catholicism so they can be enslaved, Pizzaro enslavement of Inca in silver mines
Epidemics and Animals
Measels, Smallpox, Horses, Cows, Sugar, Rice
Improvement in maritime technology, joint-stock companies
Caravel, Sextant, Portugal Navigation School, London Co., Plymouth Co.
Spanish Caste System
Mestizo (Mix of Spanish and Native), Quadroon, Octoroon
Adopted Aspects of Native + European Culture
Spanish intermarriage
Native Defense
Battle of Acoma: Juan de Onate, Pope’s Rebellion (Pueblo Revolt)
How should natives be treated?
Juan de Sepulveda (defended Spanish colonization), Bartolome de las Casas (defended rights of indigenous)