Today’s Warm Up

Take out the world map where you previously charted the explorative voyages of Portugal. Using pages 74 & 75 in your textbook, add in the voyages for Spain (color coded in blue)

On the back, list each explorer and explain why their voyage was significant Columbus Magellan Elcano Balboa Pizarro (don’t need to explain significance) Cortes (don’t need to explain significance)

EXPLORATION TO THE WEST

Today’s LEQ: How did exploration to the West result in the exchange of new goods and ideas between the Old World and New World?

Spain Builds and Empire European

explorers reached the Americas by the late 1400s & scramble to est. colonies and empires

Spain conquered two of the greatest native empires of the Americas, the Aztecs and the Incas

Spain in the Caribbean First areas settled were

Caribbean islands like Hispaniola & Cuba

Colonial economy based on mining of gold & silver, farming

For labor, set up the Encomienda System A colonist was given land

and a Native American labor force.

The colonist then Christianized the natives.

Encomienda System Fails

Natives were overworked and often mistreated.

Europeans brought smallpox, tuberculosis and measles and the natives had no resistance and millions died

The Conquest of Mexico

Spaniards eventually moved to the mainland to set up colonies

Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, led expedition to Mexico, attacked Moctezuma II & conquered the Aztecs

Tenochtitlan

INFER – What do you think is happening in this painting?

The Conquest of Peru

Another Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, heard about the wealth of the Incan Empire & led expedition to Peru

Smallpox had killed many even before Pizarro’s arrival

Atahualpa

New Incan leader Previous ruler had

died of smallpox Atahualpa gave

Pizarro a huge fortune in silver and gold, but the Spaniards still killed him & took over

Cuzco, Peru – present day

PREDICT: What event is

taking place? Where is the

evidence that proves your answer to be correct?

Life in the Spanish Empire Spain gained control of Peru and Mexico. The Spanish King chose officials called

viceroys to rule over American holdings Bartolome de Las Casas was a vocal

reformer who defended the plight of the Native Americans Recommended replacing them as laborers

with imported African slaves Slave labor soon becomes common practice

in the Americas

Primary Source Analysis

The Treatment of Native Americans Please record answers in your notes. ANALYZE: According to Las Casas, how

have the Spanish mistreated Native Americans?

INFER: For what audience do you think Las Casas was writing? What evidence supports your response?

***Refer to page 80 in your textbook. ***