APUSH Period 1 1491-1607 - SPANISH EXPLORATION IN THE NEW WORLD

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Motivations for exploration:

  • Bubonic Plague killed â…“ of Europe, so economy was not good

  • Technological advances were made in navigation (better boats called caravels by Portuguese, etc)

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Arrival in Americas:

  • 1492 Columbus tried to find new path to trade w Asia w/o interacting w Muslim World, but found Americas instead

  • Found Arawak ppl & decimated them for gold

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Motivations for colonization:

  • God - to spread Christianity

  • Gold - to gain wealth

  • Glory - to get land & make a name for yourself in a new territory

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Treaty of Tordesillas:

Pope split South America in half, gave west to Spain & east to Portugal