Native American Societies Before
Native American beliefs
Everything has a define element. There is no need to dominate the environment.
Native Disadvantages
Immune compromised, no steel weapons, no domesticated animals, no wheel
#1 Cause of Native population loss
Epidemics; disruptive fevers, smallpox, pneumonia, diseases from animals.
3 G's
Gold, glory, god
European Cities Were...
nasty and crowded
The 3 major crops
corn, beans, squash
European Advantages
Sea power, steel tip weapons, diseases, domesticated animals
Pope divided new world with a line: half spain half portuguese
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
Slaves
Amount of years it took to conquer Natives
400
Did not have
immunity, steel weapons, domesticated animals, wheel
Native Population
Rapid decline from disease, 80 to 90 percent of the population
Europeans refused to
Adapt to new land
Able to spread
disease and religious ideals
French Motivations
Successful fur trade
Evolution of horticulture did what
less hunting and gathering more settling down
Exchange of...
Different foods and diseases
Economic Opportunities
Exploit gold and silver as well as agricultural plantations
Pirate who raided ports around the world
Francis Drake
This suggests very advanced civilizations
Mound builders, extensive trade with Central America, giant cities
Ecological Imperialism
clearing lands and taking over the environment
Exploration/ Immigration Lead to
colonization
Encomendia System
Spanish demanded goods and labor from their new subjects
Idea that Spanish is the most cruel nation
The black legend