US History Notes Chapter 1 美国历史笔记(英文版)第一章.docVIP

Chapter 1: The European arrived America (Aug 25) The Columbian Voyages Intending to discover an oceanic passage to Asia, in 1492 Christopher Columbus instead mistakenly discovered the Americas. – five years after Columbus Portugal try to go India by the route around Africa. Slaves, goods for trades which were they for. 80000 miles away for the whole global trip. 2. 1A1-1A3 pp. 1-6 – a group of Mexico, Tanios people found Native Mexico first. They saw many naked wild people on this land and drew some maps sent back. Amerigo Vespucci’s maps are very accurate. Map of Amerigo. Juan Gines de Sepulveda talked with Emperor Charles V in the debate. Description: They are organization, friendly, help in culture. What differences does Sepulveda emphasize between Europeans (especially Spaniards) and the Indians? On what grounds does he assert the superiority of European culture? How are his views of the Indians different from those of Sepulveda? What ideas did the two debaters share? The papal divide (1494) the treaty of Tordesillas, promulgated by Pope Alexander VI, drew a line dividing all claims to land in the Americas between Portugal and Spain . Until the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese in the America. - Caribbean Experiments (Aug 27) Columbus’s second voyage to the New World established the first Spanish Colony in the Americas (in present-day Santo Domingo) Tainos were the first indigenous people to meet the Spaniards Great Antilles in 1520 In the west, Indians explored by Columbus, most of inhabitants, as shown in map is Tainos. Columbus’s knowledge that Marco Polo found 7400 islands - Spanish Dominance Within a single generation after the death of Columbus. Spain had conquered most of the New World Spain as motivated by religion, nationalist pride, and dreams of personal enrichment What advantages and disadvantages did the Spanish have as colonizes? The Spanish Entrodos in North America - The Great Dying Spanish contacts with the natives of the Caribbea