explorers and conquistadors - denver public...
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Questions?
� What is history?
� Can history change?
� How do you learn history?
What makes something( a piece of writing or an � What makes something( a piece of writing or an artifact) a good piece of information about the past?
� What role does bias play in recording, learning, and understanding history?
Who discovered the America’s?� Hunters crossed land bridge from Siberia
Variety of cultures evolved—sophisticated urban civilizations in Mexico, Central and South America
Semi nomadic societies in North AmericaSemi nomadic societies in North America
Why did Europeans start exploring?� Demand for Eastern luxuries
� Portuguese moved around the coast of Africa
� Spanish headed west
Bünting clover leaf map. A woodcut made in 1581 in
Magdeburg. Jerusalem is in the center, surrounded by
Europe, Asia and Africa
What is wrong with this idea?
Explorers and conquistadors
Collision of the Worlds
� What were some of the effects of the “collision” of the Atlantic societies—Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
� Disease
� Conquest� Conquest
� Slavery
� Intermarriage
� Population loss
� Cultural Change
� Economic expansion
Collision of the worlds
� New world to the old world
Gold, silver
Corn, potatoes, beans pineapples, tobacco, Vanilla, chocolate
� Old world to the new world
Wheat, sugar, rice, coffee
Horses, cows, ,pigs
Smallpox, measles, bubonic
plague, typhus, diphtheria, Vanilla, chocolate
syphilis
plague, typhus, diphtheria, scarlet fever
slaves
Specifically, Predict what effect will this exchange have on the
new and old world?
Example: how will the new world be affected by the introduction
of horses, cows and pigs?
Vasco Nunez BalboaIn 1513, Balboa walked into
the Pacific off the coast of
Panama and claimed all
the land washed by the sea the land washed by the sea
for Spain.
In 1517, Balboa was charged
with treason. Balboa was
arrested and executed by being
beheaded.
Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan (a Portuguese sailing for Spain left in
1519 with five ships and about 270 men to sail around the
world
Magellan was killed in the Philippines and Juan Sabastian
del Cano took command
1522, del Cano returned to Spain with one ship and 18
men The ship brought enough spices back to make a
profit
Ponce de Leon—1513 –St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marco built 1672
De Leon was killed by an Indian arrow in 1521
Francisco Pizarro-1532
� Pizzarro with an army of 200 men and 65 horses invited the Inca leader Atahualpu to meet. (A. thought P.was a semi-god) The Conquistadors captured Atahualpu and ordered two rooms filled with gold and silver to release him.
� The Conquistadors got the gold and silver, killed Atahualpa, and took over Peru.Atahualpa, and took over Peru.
$$$ flooded into Spain, leads to capitalism and inflation---WHY???
Pizarro is killed by his men in a dispute over the riches
questions� Why was the new world able to dominate the old
world?
----Consider the strengths and weaknesses of the new and old worldand old world