Conquest, Colonization, and Genocide

Imperialism

the belief in empire building (becoming an imperial power) -----westward expansion

When did Columbus arrive to the Americas?

Oct. 12, 1492. They arrived to what is now the Caribbean in The Bahamas and they named it "San Salvador"

Subjugate

Overpower

How many voyages does Columbus make?

4 Voyages:
1st one: Mainly exploring
2nd one: 17 ships, and more than 200 men to find and take as much gold as possible
3rd one: same as second one
4th one: exploiting, capturing and massacring the Natives

Encomiendas

New system where Natives were worked to death

Who wrote journal entries about the experiences of the Tainos?

Bartolome De Las Casas

When did Columbus arrive to America?

October 12, 1492

When was the second voyage financed?

1493

When did Columbus and his men go on a slave raid?

1495

When did Hernan Cortes arrive to Mexico?

1519

When was Jamestown established?

1607

Where was Jamestown established?

Virginia

When was the starvation era?

In the winter 1609-1610

What was the crop most produced in Jamestown?

Tobacco

When was the pilgrim-colony established?

1620

when did the English meet with King Phillip?

In 1675, Metacomet started the rebellion against the English

When were slaves first brought to the American Colonies?

1619

Who brought the first group of slaves?

the Dutch

When was tobacco sent to England?

1618

Why was it easier to enslave West Africans?

-Workforce
- Couldn't enslave Native Americans
- Convenience
- Helpless

Indentured Servants

a person bound by law to work for somebody for a certain period of time

Characteristics of slavery

- Held for life
- Hereditary
- Race
- Treated as property

Anthony Johnson

Former slave, but he got to own land and be respected by his community

What did black and white people have in common?

both abused and exploited at the hands of their masters

Why was racism created?

Fear of disruption of the hierarchy

Bacon's Rebellion

1676, rebellion that united whites and blacks that almost succeeded in overthrowing the English regiment.

what was one strategy the government used to prevent rebellions?

treat whites better than black people to segregate and create ideas that would prevent them from getting along.

contempt

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

superiority

a complex that influences thoughts of feeling about other people