THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS

Question 1

what was the first island the europeans landed on?

Answer 1

hispaniola

Question 2

how many Indigenous ppl were left on hispaniola by the end of the 1500s? (columbus landed in 1492)

Answer 2

around 10%

Question 3

cortes: which population did he conquer and what was their leaders’ name?

Answer 3

the aztecs, montezuma

Question 4

who was the conquistador who conquered the Incas and who was their leader?

Answer 4

pizarro, the inca’s leader was atahualpa

Question 5

what year was the printing press invented?

Answer 5

1456

Question 6

who was the priest who condemned columbus’s actions?

Answer 6

bartolome de las casas (but he thought enslaving african people was a better idea)

Question 7

what was it called when conquistadors could enslave native americans who lived in the land they owned?

Answer 7

encomienda system

Question 8

jacques cartier discovered

Answer 8

parts of canada and the st. lawrence river

Question 9

samuel de champlain

Answer 9

first person to make french settlement in canada

Question 10

what was everyone trying to find?

Answer 10

the northwest passage (from east coast to west coast)

Question 11

what were some american goods that made spain rich?

Answer 11

silver, ore, sugar cane