First Contact
Conquest of the Mainland
Spanish Settle the Americas
The English America
Vocabulary
100
route to Asia, land, gold, Catholicism
Why did Columbus sail west?
100
Cortes, Columbus, Coronado, Magellan, Pizarro, Balboa
Who were the early European explorers of America?
100
peons
Who were landless laborers under the Spanis/American class system?
100
The "Lost Colony"
What is Roanoke, Virginia?
100
searching for the "Seven Cities of Gold"
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
200
courteous, generous, shared goods, willing to please him
How did the Natives react to Columbus?
200
horses, weapons, strategy, Malintzin, disease
How did Hernan Cortes conquer the Aztecs?
200
Pope
Who was the prophet advising the Pueblos to revolt against the Spanish?
200
mediator between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan
Who was Pocahontas?
200
posted complaint against the Roman Catholic Church
Who was Martin Luther?
300
need for workers, search for gold, need for food, water, homes
Why did the encomienda system develop?
300
blackmail, kidnapped emperor, killed emperor, weapons, strategy
What methods did the Spanish use to conquer the Inca?
300
Florida, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas
Where did the Spanish establish settlements in North America?
300
Pocahontas saved him from execution
Who is John Smith
300
died in his attempt to circumnavigate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan ?
400
destroyed there culture, lifestyles, religious beliefs, worked to death, exposed to disease, abuse, torture
How did the encomienda system affect Native Americans?
400
feared the arrival of Cortes
Who was Moctezuma II?
400
ways the Spanish controlled American settlements
What are haciendas, missions, and ranchos?
400
document allowing the London Company to create settlements in Virginia
What is the Charter of 1606?
400
Queen Isabella title the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" in 1493
Who is Christopher Columbus?
500
treat with kindness and care, slow loving conversions
What reforms did Las Casas recommend to the King & Queen?
500
countries benefitting from the Treaty of Todesillas
What are Portugal and Spain?
500
high-ranking in Spanish/American class system
What are peninsulares?
500
Named after King James
What is Jamestown?
500
Bartolome de Las Casas
Who objected the treatment of people under the encomienda system?
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