RE100 Study Guide - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, New Age, Underground Railroad
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Colonialism (why was spain/britain in america at all?) Hybridity (the joining of multiple religions/cultures to make one single melting pot of cultures/religions) Continues still today when a new culture comes in close contact with another. First attempts at trying to get to asia without having to go through the ottoman empire was by the portuguese in the 1400 s. They attempted to sail down and around africa. They encountered a flourishing slave trade in africa. Europeans developed a race based slave trade by associating the. Columbus goes to ferdinand and isabella of spain to fund his expedition. They funded columbus so he could help them spread catholicism all across the world. When columbus discovered a new world with new people it made. Ferdinand and isabella more interested with the incentive to convert these new people to christianity. Between 3-10 million indigenous people living in america. Europeans had a barrier between everyday life and religion.
