HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Juan Ponce De León, Dogs In Warfare, Francisco Vázquez De Coronado
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European countries blaming spain for the harsh treatment of people in the. New world: commerce was the main motivation. More access to goods that are produced more easily elsewhere. Access to luxury items (spices, fabric, porcelain) Separates the producers/product from the consumer: imperial nations colonizing in north america. Portugal, russia, holland, sweden: portuguese and trade. Traded manufactured goods for natural resources not found in. Conquests: made good trade relationship with the tupi tribe. European goods made them more powerful but also extremely reliant on them. Began enslaving locals to work on their sugar plantations. 90% of natives were killed by european disease justified slavery because of tupi rituals like cannibalism for war vendettas: spain. Columbus (voyages 1492-1501) was convinced he had found asia. Amerigo vespucci determined columbus had in fact discovered a new continent. Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Conquered other smaller surrounding nations to have food and a place to stay for the aztec army.
