HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tenochtitlan, Encomienda, Columbian Exchange
28 Apr 2018
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Department
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Professor
-Columbus —
•believe the world is smaller than it actually is (lands in N. America) & he
journeys to give the King more power and to make money
-gets traction in Spain because if he is correct it could be a lot cheaper way
for them to trade
-Spanish Royalty — Ferdinand & Isabella
-Reconquista —
•reconquest — the fall of Toledo
-Inquisition —
•power increase by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
•this movement is after the conversos (Jewish Spaniards) and the moriscos
(Muslim Spaniards)
•Forced mass conversion for political purposes AND the Inquisition is there to
really make sure that people within Spain converted to Catholicism
-Columbian Exchange: moment at which two worlds that have been separated
are thrown together
•Santo Domingo — first place that Columbus lands in 1492
•New World — Old World
-corn
-tomatoes
-potatoes
-turkey
-raw materials
-precious metals
•Old World — New World
-smallpox
-flu
-plague
-diphtheria
•Discovery of America helps create Spain — there is a possibility they
wouldn't have existed as such a super power without America
-Early Modern World:
•? 1400 - 1800 ?
-rise of monarchies
-humanism & printing press
-spread of information and misinformation
-discovery of the new world
-1494 — Treaty of Tordesillas
•Portugal & Spain are fighting about control of the Atlantic so the Pope draws
a line and they spit the land on the line
Document Summary
Columbus : believe the world is smaller than it actually is (lands in n. america) & he journeys to give the king more power and to make money. Gets traction in spain because if he is correct it could be a lot cheaper way for them to trade. Reconquista : reconquest the fall of toledo. Columbian exchange: moment at which two worlds that have been separated are thrown together: santo domingo rst place that columbus lands in 1492, new world old world. Precious metals: old world new world. Diphtheria: discovery of america helps create spain there is a possibility they wouldn"t have existed as such a super power without america. Aztecs (1325-1521 ce) : bernardino de sahagun. 1529, learns to speak the local language & collects the oil histories of the. Aztecs: mexica land they live in, nauhatl the name they call themselves, aztecs name given by the spanish, tenochitlan. Capital city of aztecs, modern day mexico city.
