Test 1 Flashcards
The Columbian Exchange
- Began when Christopher Columbus came to the Americas
- Brought Disease
- Language
- Religion
- Animals & livestock
- slavery
Reconquista
Spanish Monarch forced out Muslims (previously religious tolerant and free trade)
Hernan Cortes in Mexico 1521
one of the first europeans to see teotichuan
Political structure of the Aztec and Inca were very fragile
La Malinche was his translator and she represents the soul of native mexico
New Spain
1535-1821 new capital- Mexico city conversians, gold, and silver enslaved indians as laborers encomindas (grant of land and laborers)
Francis Pizarro in Peru
1532
executed last inca ruler, atahualpa
Alvar Ninez Cabeza de Vaca
1536
spanish made expedition north around tampa bay with him
and three others who survived due to seperation during the expedition
wrote account of his trip after
Francisco Coronado & Hernando de Soto
1540-1542
Route inspired by Cabeza de Vaca’s writings of his trip
Juan De Onate
1598
encountered the Pueblo, found Santa Fe
after indians accussed one Spaniard of moleting native woman they killed 12 spaniards and in response he killed 800 and enslaved many natives
Ysleta Mission
1682
First mission in Tejas near El Paso
Principle source of trade
pueblo revolt
1680
caused by the forcing of Christianization
Rene- Robert Caelier, Sieur de la Salle
1684 entrance of French explorerers 2 portages- Niagra Falls & Wisconsin could take them through center of America down to Gulf of mexico on Mississippi River LaBelle sank in matagorda Bay French sest up Fort St. Louis
Colonial borders forming
Spanish were drawn to Texas in hopes to find the French to prevent them from gaining any silver
spanish and french both sent missions to Caddo
English established Charleston in west Virginia with people form Carribbean, they brought large plantations and many slaves, slaves escaped to spanish florida to st augistine and spanish set decree of bondage that said if they became catholic they could be free, creating another border
First spanish mission in Texas
Nacogdoches
1716
Los Adeas
1721
Spanish
san Antonio grew because
1. go to economy place
2. civilians were pushed out by missions to settle further away
People were recruited from the Canary Islands in 1731
Canary Islanders
1731
55 people came
problem with church control of lands not solved until missions were secularized late in 1600s
Comencheria
in 1758 san Saba mission was destroyed only mission destroyed by indians
1770s San Anotonio became mexico ggoverning center
Sistema de Castas
Caste system
French and Indian War
1754-1763
France lost and left all of North America
France and spain were allies & allowed for Spainish gains of land after French left
Spanish Louisiana
Spain Hated the US
but kept the mississippi open for US navagation
US gave spain back florida from the british
Spain tried to get settlers in Louisiana by offering land grants and set up loyalty
Age of Revolution
Influenced by Napoleonic actions in Europe
Mexican Revolution
1810-1821
Destabalization of spanish crown due to Napolean actions in Europe
Miguel Hidalgo
Reform stating in 1810 involving many Natives
Adams-Onis Treaty
1821
established border between New Spain and United States, Red river and Sabine river
Florida was sold to the US
treaty of Cordoba
1821
Declared Mexican Independence
