HIS 102 Lecture Notes - The Columbian Exchange, Moctezuma Ii, Columbian Exchange
29 Apr 2023
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Key terms: conquistadores, encomienda, taino, columbian exchange, cortez vs. moctezuma ii, pizarro vs. atahualpa, viceroys & audiencias, engenho, treaty of tordesillas, mestizos & criollos/creoles. Spanish context: spain did not exist before 1492. They had the motivation to go out and secure the conquests. When all of the land in spain was owned, they began conquering parts of america because they still wanted the benefits: each conquistador gains total power over conquered territory and its inhabitants. Spanish conquerors given conquered land and people as private possessions: non- Christians were not human so they could be enslaved. It is what the conquistadores got when they completed their conquest. Conquistadores and the tiano in the caribbean. land and people. everyone. The columbian exchange: colombus followed the model of the reconquista as soon as he encountered tiano people. Encomienda system created perverse incentive to extract as much as possible from.
