HST 101 Lecture Notes - Imperial Reform, Stono Rebellion, Puritans
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Transfer of plants and animals: the peoples of the new world lacked immunity to diseases from the old world. Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, typhus, influenza, malaria, yellow fever and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the spanish and portuguese colonies. Syphilis was the only significant disease thought to have been transferred from the americas to europe: similar patterns of contagion and mortality may be observed in the english and. American crops, including maize, beans, potatoes, manioc, and tobacco, were brought to the eastern hemisphere. Amerindians benefited from the introduction of cattle, sheep, and horses. State and church: the spanish crown tried to exert direct control over its american colonies through a supervisory office called the council of the indies. One example is bartolome de las casas, a former settler turned priest who denounced spanish policies toward the.
