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Spain Builds an American Empire

Spain Builds an American Empire. Chapter 20 Section 1. Today’s Goal  You will be able to…. Explain the reasons for, and effects of, Spanish and Portuguese exploration in the New World . Voyages of Columbus. Goal = sea route to India San Salvador in Caribbean los indios (Indians)

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Spain Builds an American Empire

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  1. Spain Builds an American Empire Chapter 20 Section 1

  2. Today’s Goal  You will be able to… • Explain the reasons for, and effects of, Spanish and Portuguese exploration in the New World

  3. Voyages of Columbus Goal = sea route to India • San Salvador in Caribbean • los indios (Indians) • Colonies

  4. Discoveries of Other Explorers • Amerigo Vespucci - Declared S. America was Mundus Novus or “New World” - Americas named after him Waldseemuller’s Map – labeled S. America after Amerigo

  5. 1518 – Vasco Núñez Balboa  went through Panama & became first to see the Pacific Ocean • 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan  his crew was first to sail around the world

  6. Francisco Pizarro  Inca (Atahualpa) Spanish Conquistadors Why was Cortes able to conquer the Aztecs? • Hernando Cortes  Aztecs (Montezuma) • Misconceptions • Superior weapons (gun) • Support from rival tribes (who despised Aztecs) • Disease!!!

  7. How did Spain rule the natives in the New World? • Similar to Reconquista • Encomienda system

  8. How did success in exploration & conquest affect Spain? • Golden Age in arts & culture • Bigger navy

  9. How was Spanish settlement in North America different from that of South America? • Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”), New Mexico  Catholicism!

  10. What was the resistance to Spanish rule in the Americas?

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