• 4/28 Focus: 4/28 Focus: – Military technology and disease allowed the Spanish to quickly conquer Native people in the Americas. • Important Terms Important Terms – Encomienda System • Do Now: Do Now: – Identify one way that the Inca adapted to their physical geography and environment.
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• 4/28 Focus: 4/28 Focus: – Military technology and disease allowed
the Spanish to quickly conquer Native people in the Americas.
• Important TermsImportant Terms– Encomienda System
• Do Now:Do Now:– Identify one way that the Inca
adapted to their physical geography and environment.
European Exploration and European Exploration and Imperialism in the AmericasImperialism in the Americas
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The EncounterThe Encounter
• Oct. 1492 Columbus lands in the West Indies– Encounters Native
Americans • Initial relations
between Spanish and Native Americans were friendly
• This changed when the Spanish tried to exploit Native Americans and their lands for profit
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• God, Gold, and Glory – God: Spanish wanted to
convert Native Americans to Christianity
• Missionaries: priests who came to the Americas to convert Native Americans