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)

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