Native American Societies
What were the 3 highly developed organized societies?
Mayas, Aztecs, Incas
What and When was the first permanent English colony?
Jamestown & 1607
When does the columbian exchange begin?
1492
Spanish caste system
1. Pureblood Spanish was at the top
2. In the middle were several levels of people ordered according to their mixture of native American, European, and African heritage.
3. at the bottom were the pure blood native or Africa heritage
debate between Sepulveda and las Casas in 1550; Indians naturally inferior versus benevolent colonialism; Disputation
Valladolid Debate
An early form of corn grown by Native Americans
Maize
Who was the captain who was the first European to reach India via South Africa's Cape of Good Hope?
Captain Vasco da Gama.
What economic system took the place of feudalism?
Capitalism.
Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.
Fransisco Pizarro
What were the new laws of 1542?
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
Hunter-gatherer
What did Sir Walter Raleigh Attempt to do in 1587?
He attempted to establish a colonial settlement at Roanoke Island, But the venture failed.
What was the Joint stock Company?
was to finance trade voyages more safely.
Spanish explorer that took control of the Aztec empire
Hernan Cortes
When was the Valladolid debate?
1550-1551
What is a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States?
In the early 1500s, Certain Christians in Germany, England, France, Holland, and other northern European countries revolted against authority of the pope in Rome. What was this revolt known as?
The protestant revolt.
What was Christophor Columbus's Purpose for sailing westward?
His Purpose for sailing west ward was to find a sea route to the lucrative trade with Asia.
What was the Encomendia system?
The king granted natives who lived in tract of lanf to individual Spaniards.
Who was Juan de Sepulveda?
a humanist scholar that argues that history has shown that the Spaniards are a superior civilization and they have a right to rule the natives and if they resist then they should be crushed brutally. Conquest, Colinization, and Evangilize.
Nomadic tribe that followed Bison. Based in Great plains. Sitting Bull is a famous chief. Fight with the US in Dakotas, end up getting crushed. Massacred at Wounded Knee
Lakota Sioux
The name and date of the treaty that divided Spanish and Portuguese claims to the Americas
Treaty of Tordesillas &1494
What was some of the technology that came to the Americas via Columbian Exchange
Wheel, Iron Implements, and Guns.
What was the Asiento System
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
who was Bartoleme De Las Casas?
a Spanish priest who became famous for trying to defend the Native Indians, and improve their treatment; he said Jesus died for them