Period 1 1491-1607 Flashcards
1
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Colombian exchange
A
Europeans introduced -animals (horse, oxen) -food (wheat, rice) -culture -diseases Natives Introduced -corn -potatoes -tomatoes
2
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Chinook
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Warrior traditions (fighting)
- longhouse
- canoe
3
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Iroquois (Ny + PA)
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Adapted to the environment
-burn forests (hunt and crops)
Matriarchal leadership (women leaders)
4
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Algonquin
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Tried to coexist peacefully with Europeans
5
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Smallpox
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Spread by Europeans and their new animals
-100,000s Indians killed
6
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Mestizo
A
Descendants of Spanish and Indians
7
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Encomienda System
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1503
- Spanish attempt to “christianize” Indians
- -settlers given land (with Indians)
- —ended up enslaving them
8
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Christopher Columbus
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1492
- supported by Spain
- looked for Asian trading route
- discover Bahamas and started the desire for expansion
–“can be subjugated with 50 men”
9
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Juan Ponce de Leon
A
Explored Florida
- lookin for gold
- killed by Indians
10
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St. Augustine 1565
A
First Spanish Fort in America
-1st European fort
11
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Walter Raleigh
A
Settlers on Roanoke Island
–disappear without a trace in 1586
12
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Roanoke 1586
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Vanished!!!!
13
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Sextant
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Important navigational tool
- measured degree altitude
- allowed Europeans to explore
14
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Joint stock companies
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Investment group
- ship
- rights to establish “plantations” (purchased from king)
15
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Juan de Sepulveda
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- advocated HARSH treatment of natives
- barley human
- -justified by Christianity
