Important dates
When did Columbus cross the Atlantic for the first time?
1492
What mighty civilization lived in Central America between 1325 and 1521?
The Aztec empier
who sailed the Atlantic in 1492?
Cristopher Columbus
What system exchanged things like animals, crops, and diseases?
Columian exchange
What killed most of the natives in the Americas after Columbus?
Diseasis (smallpoks)
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What native tribe used things such as three sisters farming?
Pueblo
Who granted Columbus with three ships inorder to sail to china?
King Ferdinand
What country traded and was more peaceful with natives?
French
Who was king Ferdinands gueen?
Queen Isabella
What year was the first English settlement created?
1585
What native tribe lived in the north of the new world on the east coast?
Iroquois
What conquistador caused the fall of the Aztec empier?
Hernan Cortes
What was most commonly traded between settlers and natives?
Furs / Animal Pelts
What theory held that a positive trade (more exports than imports) would bring more wealth to the country?
Mercantilism
when was the Spanish armada defeated in Europe?
1588
What tribe saw some conflicts with the English settlers?
Powhatan
Who revealed the atrocities of the conquests of New Spain and Peru and strove to protect the basic rights of indigenous peoples in the Spanish Empire?
Bartolome de las Casas
Where were most African slaves transported to?
Central and south america
What are the names of Columus's three ships?
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
when was the eastern shore first sailed?
1498
What tribe did Columbus first encounter in the Bahamas?
The Taino
Who argued against Las Casas on behalf of the colonists' property rights?
Sepulveda
Name all the tiers of the caste system.
Peninsular, Creole, Mestizo, Mulatto, Zambo, Native American, African
How long did it take for Columbus to cross the Atlantic?
10 weeks