Period 1: 1491-1607

Maize

This was the main crop cultivated by American Indians

Christopher Columbus

An Italian explorer who stumbled upon the New World after convincing the Spanish monarchs that he could sail across the Atlantic to India

Maize

This was the main crop cultivated by American Indians

Christopher Columbus

An Italian explorer who stumbled upon the New World after convincing the Spanish monarchs that he could sail across the Atlantic to India

“God, Gold, Glory”

Early European explorers were motivated by a desire to spread Christianity, enrich themselves and their monarch, and gain glory for discovering new lands

Encomienda system

A forced labor system developed by the Spanish that required American Indians

1491

Christopher Columbus claims the islands of Hispaniola and Cuba for Spain

1512

Spain establishes the encomienda system

1519

Hernan Cortes invades Mexico

1525

The first ship of slaves from Africa arrives in the Americas

Native Americans

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southern Mound

• Western Plains

• South West

Great Exchange/Colombian exchange

• Improve European diet

• Cattle/horses/pigs/chicken

• Small pox - 90% Indians dead

Conqustadors

• Fransisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

Fransisco Pizarro

Conquered the Incas

Hernan Cortes

Conquered the Aztecs

Bartholomew de la casa

Spanish historian and social reformer

Human de Sepulveda

Spanish philosopher Andre theologian

Plymouth

First permanent English settlement in New England

Jamestown: Joint Stock

Investors pooled their resources by purchasing shares, sharing the profits and risks of a venture

Runners of woods

French fur trappers who established trading posts throughout North America