Conquest of the Americas

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Conquest of the Americas

Contact and Conflict

1450- 1700

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Introduction

Between 1450- 1700 European civilization spread through trade, imperialism, and colonialism

Guiding Questions:

Was this inevitable?

Was the spread of European culture a result of Western Superiority?

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Agenda

Factors of Exploration and Conquest

Aztec Society & Spanish Conquest

Inca Society & Spanish Conquest

China

Japan

Origins of Slavery In Africa

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Factors of Exploration and Conquest

Capitalism- pre-capitalist society to capitalist society

Searching for Wealth

Geography

Technology

The Search for Souls- The Mission

The Ottoman Empire – “…crusade on one side and jihad on the other.” (112)

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Aztec Empire

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Aztec Society

First Encounter- 1519 Hernan Cortes

Great Cities- Tenochtitlán  (tānōchtētlän´) (Huge Temple, Numerous Canals, Royal Palace)

Highly Structured Society- Based on Agriculture and Religion

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Spanish Conquest

Radical Depopulation

Disease

Forced Labour

Slavery- The Mission

Demoralization

Introduction of Cattle, Sheep and Goats

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Inca Empire

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Inca Society

Extremely Wealthy

Complex Political Organization

Accomplished Feats of Engineering

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Spanish Conquest

Series of Attacks (1525- 1572)

Encomienda System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/encomienda

Disease

China and Japan

China

Highly developed trade system

Manchu dynasty (1644-1911)

No monopoly in trade

Japan

Not as stable making European contact easier.

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Slavery in AfricaSlavery existed prior to European arrival: criminals, sold by family in time of need, kidnapped.

European slavers felt no guilt – religion as a reason.

Asiento

Europeans introduced chattel slavery

Encouraged a century of civil war, created depopulation

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Colonial EmpiresJacques Cartier (1491-1557)

Samuel de Champlain (1567 -1635)

Conversion to Christianity – theological debate Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda

Never decided – slavery continued

Long term impacts? Genocide of Mayan in Guatemala http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_guatemala1.html

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Works Cited

Legacy: The West and the World, Garfield Newman

Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003