Spain Builds an American Empire

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Spain Builds an American Empire

• Chapter 20 Section 1

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Todays Goal ? You will be able to

• Explain the reasons for, and effects of, Spanish
  and Portuguese exploration in the New World

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Voyages of Columbus

• Goal sea route to India
• San Salvador in Caribbean
• los indios (Indians)
• Colonies

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Discoveries of Other Explorers

• Amerigo Vespucci?
• - Declared S. America was Mundus Novus or New
  World
• - Americas named after him

Waldseemullers Map labeled S. America after
Amerigo
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• 1518 Vasco Núñez Balboa ? went through Panama
  became first to see the Pacific Ocean
• 1519 Ferdinand Magellan ? his crew was first to
  sail around the world

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Spanish Conquistadors

• Francisco Pizarro ? Inca (Atahualpa)

• Hernando Cortes ? Aztecs (Montezuma)

Why was Cortes able to conquer the Aztecs?

• Misconceptions
• Superior weapons (gun)
• Support from rival tribes (who despised
  Aztecs)
• Disease!!!

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How did Spain rule the natives in the New World?

• Similar to Reconquista
• Encomienda system

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How did success in exploration conquest affect
Spain?

• Golden Age in arts culture

• Bigger navy

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How was Spanish settlement in North America
different from that of South America?

• Santa Fe (Holy Faith), New Mexico ? Catholicism!

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What was the resistance to Spanish rule in the
Americas?