Chapter One: Discovery/Settlement

Popes Rebellion (Pueblo Rebellion)

Drove spanish out of their land for around 12 years, leading to the abandonment of the encomienda system.

La Salle

A french explorer who was the first person to fully sail the entirety of the Mississippi river.

Who explored Canada + Northeast America?

The French

How long did the French explore America?

throughout the 15th-16th centuries.

Bering Strait

The strait that allowed humans to cross from Asia into America and settle there.

Columbus

“Discovers” new world when trying to get to India through a new trade route. Funded by Spain, but was Italian. 1492.

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of ideas between Spanish explorers and Native Americans: included tech, plants, animals, ideas, illnesses

What did Natives get from the Columbian Exchange?

rice, wheat, coffee, olives, bananas, Small pox (wiped out 80-90% of population)

What did Spanish get from Columbian Exchange?

oats, avocados, squash, llamas, rattlesnakes, peppers, tomatoes, Syphilis

Encomienda System

the Natives were subjugated by the Spanish and forced to pay tributes, live in missions, complete slave labor, and subject to violence under what system?

What is one example of the encomienda system?

Juan de Onate (encomendero - 1598 - Santa Fe)

Cartier

Explored the St. Lawrence river and the Northeastern part of America.

Champlain

Discovered Quebec and explored modern day Canada

Marquette & Joliet

The boat La Salle took when sailing the entire Mississippi River.