Lesson 4: The Conquest of the New World

Lesson Question: How did the Europeans conquer the New World?

Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the nature of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the European reaction to the slaughter of Amerindian peoples.

Key Terms: Conquistadors, Treaty of Tordesillas, Mappa Mundi, Spanish (Iberian) Reconquista, Requerimiento, Bartolome de Las Casas, Juan de Gines Sepulveda, The Black Legend & The Noble Savage

The Spanish Discovery & Conquest of the New World

Period of Discovery 1492-1521Treaty of Tordesillas 1494

Pedro Alvares CabralBrazil 1500

Ferdinand Magellan 1519-1521Spice Islands

Period of Conquest 1519 – 1540sSpanish Reconquista Aztec Empire 1325-1521

Hernan Cortez 1485-1547Inca Empire 1438-1533

Francisco Pizarro 1475-1541Requerimiento

Bartolome de Las Casas 1485-1566Juan Gines de Sepulveda 1494-1573

Black Legend & The Noble Savage

Columbus’ Voyages

Spanish Explorers in the Caribbean

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Mappa Mundi c. 1300

Toscanelli Map 1474

Juan de la Cosa map 1500

Diego Ribero map 1529

Lesson Key Terms:

1.Conquistadors

2.Treaty of Tordesillas

3.Mappa Mundi

Indian Drawing of Spanish & Tlaxcalan Attack on Cholula

Map of Spanish Explorers in New World

Artist’s Painting of Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan

Aztec Pyramids in Mexico City

                                                            

                                                                                                                                                

Machu Pichu

Lesson Key Terms:

1.Spanish (Iberian) Reconquista

2.Requerimiento

3.Bartolome de Las Casas

4.Juan de Gines Sepulveda

5.The Black Legend &The Noble Savage