1. The European Conquest and Colonization of the Americas

3. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conquistadores Missionaries Permanent Settlers Official European Colony!

4. Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c

5. European Explorations “”

6. Christófo Colón [1451-1506]

7. Columbus’ Four Voyages

8. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation

9. Fernando Cortes The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs Montezuma II vs.

10. The Death of Montezuma II

11. Mexico Surrenders to Cortés

12. Francisco Pizarro The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas Atahualpa vs.

15. Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of unintentional "bio-terrorism"?? Docs. 1- 4

19. Mercantilism An economic policy of the major trading nations from the 16th to the 18th cent.,based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals in return. State action, an essential feature of the mercantile system, was used to accomplish its purposes-to sell more than it bought to accumulate bullion and raw materials.

20. Under a mercantilist policy, a government exercised much control over economic life by regulating production, encouraging foreign trade, levying duties on imports to gain revenue, making treaties to obtain exclusive trading privileges, and exploiting the commerce of the colonies.

26. The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Mission

30. Spanish Colonial Class System Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves

31. Treasures from the Americas!

48. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

49. Slave Ship

50. “ Coffin” Position Below Deck

51. African Captives Thrown Overboard

52. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

53. Sacrifice of the First-Born by Theodore de Bry

54. European Empires in the Americas