HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Columbian Exchange, Susan Constant, Puritans
6 Jun 2020
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The columbian exchange transformed both sides of the atlantic, but with dramatically disparate outcomes. New diseases wiped out civilizations in the americas. Newly imported nutrient-rich foodstuffs enabled a european population boom. Spain benefited most immediately as the wealth of the aztec and incan. Spain used its new riches to gain an advantage over other european nations. Native people greeted the new visitors with responses ranging from welcoming to aggressive violence. Expeditions slowly began combing the continent and bringing europeans into the modern-day united states in the hopes of establishing religious and economic dominance. Santa fe was the first permanent european settlement in the southwest, established in 1610. Missions became the engine of colonization in north america. Catholicism justified spanish conquest, and colonization always carried religious imperatives. Early seventeenth century, spanish friars had established dozens of missions along the rio grande and in california. Arrived in the area named la florida in 1513. He found between 150,000 and 300,000 native americans.
