Transcript Aim: What changes did the Spanish Conquest of South

Aim:
What changes did the Spanish
Conquest of South America bring?
Do Now:
How would life be different if another country took over
the U.S.?
The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church
Guadalajara
Cathedral
Spanish Mission
Our Lady of
Guadalupe
I. Impact of the Spanish Rule on
South America
A. Religious Conversions
1. Catholic missionaries (Jesuits)
converted native people to
Catholicism
B. Genocide by Disease
1. Spaniards unknowingly brought infectious
diseases (influenza, smallpox) to native populations.
2. Killed millions of people between 1520-1600
WHAT ROLE DID DISEASE
PLAY IN SPANISH
CONQUEST???
Of all the organisms Europeans brought to America, none were
more harmful to Native Americans than Old World diseases
(Cronon 1983). The Europeans brought with them smallpox,
measles, diphtheria, trachoma, whooping cough, chicken pox,
bubonic plague (carried by fleas, which were carried by
European rats), malaria, typhoid fever, cholera, yellow fever,
dengue fever, scarlet fever, amebic dysentery, influenza, and a
number of worm infections (Figure 3). Native Americans had
absolutely no antibodies to these diseases. To say that the effect
of these illnesses on the population of the Americas was
devastating would be an understatement.
C. Slave Trade
1. Imported African slaves to work on large plantations
D. Cultural Diffusion
Native goods such as Corn Potatoes, tomatoes,
sugar, Chocolate, Peanuts introduced to the rest of
Europe
The “Columbian Exchange”
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Squash
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Avocado
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Peppers
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Sweet Potatoes
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Turkey
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Pumpkin
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Tobacco
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Quinine
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Cocoa
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Pineapple
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Cassava
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POTATO
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Peanut
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TOMATO
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Vanilla
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MAIZE
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Syphilis
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Trinkets
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Liquor
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GUNS
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Olive
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COFFEE BEAN
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Banana
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Rice
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Onion
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Turnip
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Honeybee
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Barley
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Grape
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Peach
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SUGAR CANE
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Oats
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Citrus Fruits
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Pear
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Wheat
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HORSE
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Cattle
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Sheep
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Pigs
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Smallpox
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Flu
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Typhus
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Measles
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Malaria
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Diptheria
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Whooping Cough
Cycle of Conquest & Colonization
Explorers
Official
European
Colony!
Treasures
from the Americas!
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Slave Trade
1. Existed in Africa before the coming
of the Europeans.
2. Portuguese replaced European slaves
with Africans.
Sugar cane & sugar plantations.
First boatload of African slaves
brought by the Spanish in 1518.
275,000 enslaved Africans exported
to other countries.
3. Between 16c & 19c, about 10 million
Africans shipped to the Americas.
Slave Ship
“Middle Passage”
“Coffin” Position Below Deck
African Captives
Thrown Overboard
Sharks followed the slave ships!
Summary -HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING LEAD
TO EUROPEAN INFLUENCE AND DOMINATION IN
THE WORLD????
GUNS:
GERMS:
STEEL: