Christopher Columbus - ANSWER Sent by Ferdinand and Isabel of Spain
Sailed in 1492 with 3 ships to look for East Asia
Commercial and religious motives
Clashed with Taino
Began a colony in the West Indies, where many
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Christopher Columbus - ANSWER Sent by Ferdinand and Isabel of Spain
Sailed in 1492 with 3 ships to look for East Asia
Commercial and religious motives
Clashed with Taino
Began a colony in the West Indies, where many died
Spanish goals in America - ANSWER Spread Christianity- Jesuits
Wealth- silver and gold for profit
Conquistadors looking for profit and glory
Life ways of Native Americans - ANSWER Horticulture- cultivated maize, squash, and beans
Remained small, mobile, and egalitarian
Hohokam and Anasazi (American Southwest)- pueblos, irrigation systems
Mound Builders (Mississippi)- flood plains, influenced by Central America, Cahokia
No empires or nations
Colombian Exchange - ANSWER European settlements and African slaves brought epidemics to Natives (smallpox, measles, and typhus)
Expansion of food supplies aided European population growth
From Americas: cassava, maize, and potatoes
Animals sent to Americas
Encomienda System - ANSWER Forced labor as tribute to the econmendero, protection, promoted Christianity
Slavery Origins - ANSWER Indians died of illnesses too quickly to be enslaved
White labor was running low, slaves were affordable by 1690's
Worked long days, restricted by government, harsh punishments
French Relationship with the Native Americans - ANSWER Fur trade
French and Indian War
Friendly relations with the Huron Indians
Jesuits
Navigation Acts - ANSWER Began in 1651, enforced in 1660 and 1663
Only English ships could trade with English colonies
Seven Years' War - ANSWER Fighting over Ohio River Valley
1754- Albany Congress
"Join or Die"
Battle of Quebec 1759
Treaty of Paris 1763
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