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Europe establishes colonies and
conquers native populations
How did Spain build an empire in the
Americas?
What kind of colony did the Portuguese
establish in Brazil?
What was life like in the French, Dutch,
and English colonies in the Americas?
Encomienda
Hernan Cortes
Conquistador
Moctezuma II
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
Viceroys
Bartolome de Las Casas
Treaty of Tordesillas
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Moctezuma II
conquistador
Hernan Cortes
Bartolome de Las Casas
viceroy
Treaty of Tordesillas
Europeans
Native Americans
They conquered two of the greatest
native empires of the Americas, the
Aztecs and the Incas
Established in the Caribbean
A colonist was given land and a Native
American labor force.
The colonist then Christianized the natives.
Natives were
overworked and often
mistreated.
Europeans brought
smallpox,
tuberculosis and
measles and the
natives had no
resistance and
millions died
Conquistador who
attacked Moctezuma
II
Moctezuma was
dislike by the
people he had
conquered
Cortes befriended
Moctezuma’s
enemies
INFER: What do you think is
happening in this painting?
Pizarro, having
heard about the
wealth of the Incan
Empire, led an
expedition to Peru.
Smallpox had killed
many even before
Pizarro’s arrival.
New leader
Previous ruler had
died of smallpox
The last
undisputed Incan
Huascar was his
son
Atahualpa was his
Huascar’s half
brother
PREDICT:
What event is
taking place?
Where is the
evidence that
proves your
answer to be
correct?
Atahualpa gave
Pizarro a huge
fortune in silver
and gold, but
the Spaniards
still killed him
and headed to
Cuzco.
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.
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?
Limited by the Treaty of Tordesillas – 1494
East = Portugal.
Brazil’s jungles made mining and farming
difficult.
Established huge farming estates
Used Native American labor and African
slaves as farm workers
Leaders in France, England and the
Netherlands decided that they too needed
to establish colonies in the Americas.
Gold?
Glory?
God?
No gold
No silver
Fish, furs, and forests!!
Fox, lynx, otter and beaver furs sold
for high prices in Europe.
French moved in small groups
What does this next image suggest
about life in the French colonies?
Canoed down the
entire Mississippi
River, trying to get to
Asia via the Pacific
Ocean
Lousiana – La Salle
named it after King
Louis XIV
New Netherland was settled
along the Hudson River
Founded New Amsterdam which
is what present day city?
Dutch focused on sugar in the
Caribbean and spices from
southeast Asia much more than
New Amsterdam
Jamestown, VA ~ 1607
Hoped to find gold, silver
and a route to the Pacific
Instead they found marshy ground and
impure water
1620 ~ Pilgrims
English viewed Native Americans with
distrust and anger
Spanish
Portuguese
English
French
French and English settlers clashed in the
upper Ohio River valley
English named the French and Indian War
Native
Americans
fought on
both sides
English take Quebec
French yielded not only Canada, but also
all French territory east of the Mississippi
River
War had been costly
English king tried to make his American
colonists pay the cost of the war.
Resentment among the colonists begins
to simmer.
List three vocabulary terms that
you learned today
Name two explorers and the
groups they conquered.
Name the one most valuable
resource found in France’s
colonies.
Cartoons by Bentley Boyd (www.chestercomix.com - Monday, November 12, 2001)
What would Chester say?
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