1443 Unit One Reading 1 IDs Henretta Chapter 1 pp. 618 and Chapter 2 Identifications: Briefly define in 23 sentences each identification (person‚ place‚ event‚ idea) and explain the significance of each to the time period being studied. 1. Tribute Tribute was a way to collect goods from the groups conquered by the Aztecs. They would take advantage of the trading routes of the valley and the goods imported to them. The city displayed great wealth with the gold‚ textiles‚ cacao
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Columbus thought the world was much smaller than it was in reality. 7. Amerigo Vespucci helped popularize the idea that the Americas were new continents. 8. What European explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name? Ferdinand Magellan 9. Encomienda was the right to exact tribute and labor from natives. 10. The first permanent Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was St. Augustine. 11. In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade between the Americas
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First of all the Native American population decreased because of slavery and illnesses a ninety percent. This was a huge change in the population of America. Slavery was a big point‚ in changes. First of all the Conquistadores started using the Encomienda system ‚ which its original purposed served spreading Christianity by teaching all the Indians‚ bit at the end all that it was disguised slavery. Bartolome de las Casas went to American so he could help the spread of Christianity‚ and believed that
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During the Age of European expansion‚ Spain stumbled onto its overseas empire; which just so happen to be very massive and have a lot of prosperity. Columbus was supported by Isabella‚ the queen of Castile. In 1492‚ he landed on a Caribbean island that he named Española‚ or also known as Little Spain. Even later‚ Columbus believed the West Indies were part of the East. The Spanish and Portuguese were not first outsiders to arrive‚ but were the first with guns‚ sails‚ horses‚ and religion. This helped
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Early Native Peoples of America •Anasazi – They were a cultural group of people during the Pueblo I and II Eras. During their time‚ corn was introduced to society‚ and the ideas of nomadic hunters and gatherers were present. Their crafts and houses still stand today‚ which plays an important role in the advancement of architecture and craftsmanship. •Aztecs – The Aztecs were a native group centered in Mexico‚ and thrived between the 14th and 16th centuries. They had a huge impact on modern day
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“The Kalinagos and Tianos are alive and well in the Caribbean.” Discuss. The Amerindians were one of the first set of people to populate the Eastern Caribbean and they established many civilizations. The Amerindian people were made up of two unique and distinctive groups; the Arawaks‚ which were also known as Taino‚ who populated the Greater Antilles and the Caribs‚ which were also known as Kalinagos‚ who resided in the Lesser Antilles. In this day and age‚ there is no existence of the great civilizations
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although the Spanish did make some minute changes to the system. Hernán Cortés‚ when asked‚ denied King Charles V of Spain authority to form an Aztec government similar to that of Spain. Instead‚ Cortés allowed the Aztecs to continue with their encomienda government system‚ as it was based on tribute towards the nobles. Now that Cortés was considered a noble‚ he took complete advantage of the
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like new crop of tobacco and sugar can. As a result the Spanish come to American to invest in the new world to support their plantations and production growth they need a labor forces. That’s how the labor system in new world started out with the encomienda system was created by the Spanish to Christianized the natives in exchange of the Native Americans becoming their labor force. This eventually leads to triangular trade which drastically impacts the North American colonies from 1600-1763 resulting
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religion to Roman Catholicism. This is not just an influence in religion but also a permanent influence in culture and society. An influence in the culture and society‚ in the sense that they developed systems for Christianizing Filipinos‚ one is the encomienda‚ charity organization wherein Spaniards are rewarded for their charitable works or for the collection of tributes for the church from the natives living within the boundaries and in return for their given tributes the encomienderos will look after
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reconquest of Granada‚initiation of exploration of New World. Hispaniola - First island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards;settlement founded by Columbus on second voyage to New World; Spanish base of operations for further discoveries in New World. encomienda - a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. mita - Mine working is more prevalent Potosi - The location of a major mining organization haciendas
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