HST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: John Calvin, Protestant Reformation, Encomienda
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Western before columbus: feudalism, agricultural society with great advances in tech, catholic church very powerful, rurals lived in extreme poverty, merchant class large economic growth, The renaissance period of intellectual and artistic experiment and flowering from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Alliance between commerce and politics: portugal first ren. Columbus reaches the americas: after the reconquista, catholic monarchs eager for new lands, reached bahamas 1492, conflict with native taino indians ultimately destroyed their society. Spanish- indian alliances defeat aztecs and become a model for euro colonization in. Devastating disease outbreaks virgin soil epidemic. First french colonies religious refuge for hugueknots. Many families left rural homes for english cities.
