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8387430107Incas' locationIn Peru0
8387430108Mayans' locationCentral America1
8387430109Aztecs' locationMexico2
8387430110Why grow maize?No large draft animals, easy and sustainable3
8387430113PueblosAdobe houses and irrigation system4
8387430114Mound BuildersLived in Ohio river valley (Anasazi in southwest and Mississippian in lower Midwest)5
8387430115MississippiansMade Cahokia (25,000-40,000 people) in east St. Louis. Fell into decline in 1,300 AD from a drought.6
8387430116Three-sister FarmingBeans on cornstalk, squash on mound covering ground7
8387430117SE Atlantic NativesCreek, Choctaw, Cherokee8
8387430118NE Atlantic NativesIroquois; robust military/agriculture, led by Hiawatha. Matrilineal power line.9
8387430119Natives vs Euros (land)Natives were thinly spread and saw the land as sacred. The Euros saw the land as something to be used.10
8387430120First Euros in AmericaNorse/scandinavians, AD 1000. Landed in Newfoundland/Vinland. No nation wanted to expand into America and the expeditions stopped.11
8387430121Effect of Christian CrusadersFought for Palestine against Muslims, 11th-14t centuries. Europe acquires taste for Eastern things (spices, sugar, silk), and trade begins (difficult/expensive).12
8387430122Marco PoloItalian, goes to China for 20 years. Returns talking of oriental treasures.13
8387430123Effect of PoloEurope wants cheaper route East14
8387430124CaravelPortugese ship (1450) that was better at cutting through wind. Opened sub-saharan Africa.15
8387430125Portugal (and Spain) in West AfricaStart trading for gold/slaves. Slaves worked in coastal islands cultivating sugar cane.16
8387430126Bartholomeu Dias(Port) reaches south African tip (1488)17
8387430127Vasco da Gama(port) reaches east Indies (1498)18
8387430128Spain's new leadersFerdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile19
8387430129New SpainMuslim moors kicked out and Spain looks to the west (Indies)20
8387430130Christopher ColumbusConvinces Ferdinand/Isabella to fund his water-only trip to the West Indies. Gets three small ships. Reaches Bahamas on October 12th, 1492.21
8387430131New System TRIANGLE TRADE (Euro, America, Africa)Euro supplies technology, capital, markets. America supplies raw materials (metals, sugar cane, etc.). Africa supplies labor.22
8387430132America trades to EuropeTomatoes, potatoes, maize, beans, squash, Syphilis.23
8387430133Europe trades to AmericaCattle, pigs, horses.24
8387430134HispaniolaHaiti/Dominican Republic. Where Columbus brought supplies.25
8387430135Sugar RevolutionSugar Cane thrived in Caribbean, starts new diet in Europe.26
8387430136More from Europe (unintentional)Kentucky Bluegrass, daisies, Smallpox, yellow fever, malaria. (90% natives die after Columbus)27
8387430137Treaty of Tordesillas(1494) Pope splits New World with Spain/Portugal.28
8387430138Vasco Nunez Balboa(1513) Discovers Pacific, lands in Panama, claims pacific land for Spain29
8387430139Ferdinand Magellan(1519) Spanish, goes to Philippines, 1/5 vessels make it back home (FIRST GLOBAL CIRCUMNAVIGATION)30
8387430140Juan Ponce de Leon(1513/1521) Goes to Florida for gold (fountain of youth), dies by Indian arrow31
8387430141Francisco Coronado(1540-42) Looked for golden cities (pueblos), wandered w/ cavalcade through New Mexico and Arizona, to Kansas. Discovers Grand Canyon and Colorado River (lots of bison).32
8387430142Hernando de Soto(1539-42) Goes with 600 armored men to find gold. Goes to Arkansas and mistreats Indians. Dies of wounds and diseases.33
8387430143Francisco Pizzaro(1532) Conquers Incas, making Spain rich, and starting banking and Euro economy. West Indies become Spanish bases.34
8387430144EncomiendaGovernment could give colonists Natives, if they would convert the Natives to Christianity. SLAVERY.35
8387430145Hernan Cortes(1519) Goes to Cuba with 16 horses, 11 ships. Lands in Vera Cruz. Gets 20,000 Native allies. Moctezuma thought he was Quetzacotl and showered him with gold. June 30, 1520, Aztecs attack. August 13, 1521, Spanish win (power and smallpox).36
8387430146MestizoEuro and Native interracial mix.37
8387430147MalincheNative hostage captured by Cortes for translating.38
8387430148Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)(1497-8) English, sent to explore NE America39
8387430149Giovanni de Verrazano(1524) French40
8387430150Jacques Cartier(1534) French, sent down St. Lawrence river41
8387430151Spanish Forts(1565) St. Augustine, Florida42
8387430152Don Juan de Onate(1598) Leads trek to new Mexico. Fights Pueblos (1609) (cuts off foot), finds New Mexico (wants to convert natives), founds Santa Fe (1610)43
8387430153Pope's Rebellion/Pueblo Revolt(1680) Natives rebel, build kivas (ceremonial centers), reverse Cortes44
8387430154Robert de La Salle(1680's) French, sent down Mississippi river45
8387430155Father Junipero Serra(1769) founds first missionary in San Diego (21 total)46
8387430156Black Legend"Spanish only bring bad things; greed, disease, war." Not accurate. Set foundation for America's future.47
8387430157Pedro Menendez de Aviles(1565) Settles in St. Augustine48
8387430158King Henry IV decides to build colonies(1602)49
8387430159Samuel de Champlain(1608) Settles in Quebec, future capital of New France50
8387430160Louis Joliet/Jacques Marquette(1673) Find Mississippi River51
8387430161French Close Native RelationshipsAlgonquins52
8387430162Ursuline Convent(1642) Quebec53
8387430163Henry Hudson(1609) English navigator sent by the Dutch East India Company to find the Pacific Ocean54
8387430164New Netherland(1614) Hudson River valley, New Amsterdam (Manhattan) principle town55
8387430165English take New Netherland from Dutch(1664) To gain link between Virginia and New England56
8387430166RoanokeFounded by Sir Walter Raleigh (1587). CRO (1590).57
8387430167JamestownNamed after King James I, Queen Elizabeth.58
8387430168John SmithLed Jamestown59
8387430169John RolfeCultivated Tobacco, saves Jamestown60
8387430170Servants(Early 1600's) Indentured servants. (Late 1600 to Civil War) African slaves.61
8387430171Plymouth Colony (MA)Mayflower, 102 Pilgrams. Survive with Squanto's help.62
8387430172Massachusetts Bay Colony(March 1630) 900 Puritans set sail. 1,000 more by the end of the year. 20,000 by 1643.63

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