EAS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Spanish Empire

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15 th century europe was weak, fragmented troubled. The reformation (early 16 th ) further divided europe. Spain had no real colonial competition in americas until early 17th. 1493 2nd voyage . 17 ships, 1500 men. 1496 : first successful spanish colony santo domingo. Caribbean island initially produced little wealth for the spanish. 25 years between 1494 (first failed colony on hispaniola) and 1519. Aztec empire : approx . 10 million inhabitants. Inca empire : approx. 8 million inhabitants. Metal weapon and armour vs clubs, flint-tipped or fire-hardened. Longstanding spanish practice of capturing leader and ruling though that person. Epidemic disease : many village ,city, and community were wiped out do to diseases that came from domestic animals. 1532-1533 : francisco pizarro conquest of incas empire: Massive demographic decline,disease,death upheaval continuing into the 17th century. Indigenous americas did not generally see european as gods, but had many ways of. Indigenous people responded to new threats/ opportunities with ingenuity,creativity,

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