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1.1 Old & New Worlds

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Columbus crossing the Atlantic -Europe wanted to exploit trade with China & India ->Now with the Americas -He landed in the West Indies
What motivated most European colonists? The opportunity for more money
Economic System -Capitalism ->Conquistadores (Spanish), Joint Stock Companies, artisans/merchants, cavaliers (planters), & indentured servants -Was expected to make money from silk and spices for Spain
Conquistadores -Spanish soldiers & explorers conquered South & Central America -Took everything of value -Enslaved the natives
New World (Resources) -Canada: fur -Virginia->Georgia: cash crops -New England: lumber & fishing -Middle colonies: trade
New World -New World attracted: cavaliers, artisans, & indentured servants -Religious freedom: puritans, Catholics, quakers, Huguenots, Jews, & Presbyterians
Nationalism -Monarchs in England, Spain, & France competed for power
Native American Issues -Settled over 10,000 years ago -50 million plus people -Already civilized -Iroquois village in present day New York
Conflict -Europe wants to use new world -Ability matches desire ->Fleet of ships, firearms and gunpowder, & disease -No respect for new world
South & Central America -Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) -Spain & Portugal conquered everything south of US ->Mestizo culture today -Tightly controlled by crown (limited amount of colonists)
South and Central American Natives -Pizarro: Incas -Cortes: Aztecs -Coronado, de Soto, & Ponce de Leon explored -Over 90% passed away ->largely from smallpox
Canada -French fur traders and missionaries -Few colonists -Friendly interactions with natives
North America -Settled by English -Massive migration of people -Eliminations of natives -Population doubled during 1520-1680
Economic Strain -Decline of feudalism & rise of capitalism -By 1600 70% were landless laborers -50% poverty rate
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