AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caravel, Francisco Pizarro, Fur Trade
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Native american women could have sex before marriage. Portugal is the first major european population to colonize. It was able to travel and hold large cargo. They went to africa tried to go to asia. Used the west african coast to make pit stops. Portugal and spain are believers of converting people to the catholic religion. Columbus said he can get them to japan. There will never be enough population of spanish people coming to the americas to. There will never be enough population of spanish people coming to the americas to populate and take over. They bring diseases with them and the new populations kill off the populations because there is no medication. Takes cortes a lot of time and planning to conquer the aztec. Francisco walked into the inca already fighting disease in a civil war. This disease was not started by the spanish. Francisco went to the dying king to take over the land.
