VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD

1. VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD • THE SPANISH FOLLOWED THE PORTUGUESE IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION • LOOKING FOR A WESTERN ROUTE TO ASIA • SPANISH HAD GREATER RESOURCES -> GREATER OVERSEAS EMPIRE

2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO SAILED FOR SPAIN • SPONSORED BY QUEEN ISABELLA • THE NINA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA • REACHES LAND IN CARIBEAN IN 1492 -> THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA/ASIA -> CALLED NATIVES”INDIANS”

3. THE RACE TO THE NEW WORLD • JOHN CABOT - • PEDRO CABRAL - • AMERIGO VESPUCCI - • BALBOA - • FERDINAND MAGELLAN - • THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS -

4. THE SPANISH EMPIRE IN THE NEW WORLD • SPANISH CONQUISTADORS -> GLORY, GREED, RELIGIOUS ZEAL • PRIVATELY ORGANIZED • SUPERIOR WEAPONS, ORGANIZED, DETERMINED • RIVALRIES AMONG NATIVE PEOPLES

5. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS IN MESOAMERICA • THE MAYA • THE AZTECS

6. TENOCHTITLAN

7. SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE • HERNAN CORTES/CORTEZ • MOCTEZUMA/ MONTEZUMA • SPANISH ALLIANCES WITH NEIGHBORING TRIBES • SMALLPOX CORTES MEETING MONTEZUMA

8. THE INCA AND THE SPANISH • THE INCA EMPIRE • CUZCO • FRANCISCO PIZARRO • SMALLPOX • ATAHUALPA • 1535 THE SPANISH HAD CONQUERED THE INCA -> NEW COLONY ESTABLISHED WITH CAPITAL AT LIMA

9. ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE • ENCOMIENDA • PATERNALISM • FORCED LABOR, STARVATION, DISEASE • 30-40% OF NATIVES DIE • BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS • VICEROY • SPANISH COLONIES = NEW SPAIN + PERU • AUDIENCIAS • THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE NEW WORLD