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Europeans in North America

Europeans in North America. Section 2.1. Main Idea. In the 1500s and 1600s, European nations, led by Spain, continued to explore, claim territory, and build settlements in America. Conquistadors. Spanish for conquerors These explorers followed in the path of Columbus

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Europeans in North America

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  1. Europeans in North America Section 2.1

  2. Main Idea • In the 1500s and 1600s, European nations, led by Spain, continued to explore, claim territory, and build settlements in America.

  3. Conquistadors • Spanish for conquerors • These explorers followed in the path of Columbus • Often very brutal to the American Indians.

  4. Ponce de Leon • 1513: While searching for the “fountain of youth”, Leon becomes the 1st European to explore what will become the US. • His travels take him through Florida • Never found “fountain”

  5. Hernan Cortes • Explored modern Mexico • Wowed the Aztec people with horses, armor, and guns. • His arrival coincided with the Aztec myth of the return of their God Quetzalcoatl. • Aztecs welcomed him, gave him gifts of gold. • He soon turned on them, and with only a few hundred men defeated the smallpox plagued Aztecs. • His stories of “cities of gold” drove others to push into N America.

  6. Cortes

  7. St. Augustine • Oldest city in what is today the US. • Founded in 1565

  8. New Spain’s Social Structure • Peninsulares: Top of society; People born in Spain that moved to New World • Creoles: People born in New World of 2 Spanish parents. • Mestizos: People born of Spanish and Indian parents. • Bottom: Indians, Africans, and other mixed peoples.

  9. Missionaries • The Spanish sent Catholic Missionaries to convert Indians. • Indians also learned Spanish language, farming, and other useful crafts. • Indians were often forced to work for the missionaries, or executed.

  10. Encomienda • Spanish nobles were given large tracts of land. • They were allowed to enslave the Indians and force them to work on their plantations. • As AI populations decreased from disease, the Spanish began importing African slaves.

  11. New France • The French explored what is today Canada. • In 1608 France founded Quebec, their 1st settlement.

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