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The American Colonies Emerge, 1492-1681 Spain’s Empire in the Americas – Sect. 1

The American Colonies Emerge, 1492-1681 Spain’s Empire in the Americas – Sect. 1. Mitten – CSHS AMAZ History – Semester 1. Spain’s Empire in America. Main Idea Throughout the 1500’s and 1600’s, the Spanish conquer Central and portions of North America Cortés Subdues the Aztec

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The American Colonies Emerge, 1492-1681 Spain’s Empire in the Americas – Sect. 1

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  1. The American Colonies Emerge, 1492-1681Spain’s Empire in the Americas – Sect. 1 Mitten – CSHS AMAZ History – Semester 1

  2. Spain’s Empire in America • Main Idea • Throughout the 1500’s and 1600’s, the Spanish conquer Central and portions of North America • Cortés Subdues the Aztec • Conquistadors (conquerors) – Spanish explorers, seek gold, silver • 1519 Hernando Cortés leads army into Americas, claims land for Spain • Cortés founds Mexico City, New Spain colony on Tenochtitlán ruins

  3. Spain Claims a New Empire • Spanish Pattern of Conquest • Spanish settlers mostly men, call peninsulares; marry native women • Mestizo – person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry • The English did NOT mix/marry with the Native Americans – forbidden by law and creates tension and leads to conflict. • Landlords use encomienda – force natives to farm, ranch, mine • Priests object, encomienda abolished; Africans brought as slaves

  4. Conquistadors Push North • Settling the Southwest • In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado leads expedition to Southwest • Pedro de Peralta, governor of New Mexico, Spain’s northern holdings • He helps found Santa Fe (1609-1610); several missions build in area • Now – on to Jamestown

  5. An English Settlement at JamestownChapter 2 – Sect. 2 Mitten – CSHS AMAZ History – Semester 1 2009/2010

  6. An English Settlement at JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America is founded at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607

  7. English Settlers Struggle • The Business of Colonization • Joint-stock companies – investors fund colony, get profits • In 1607, Virginia Company sends 150 people to found Jamestown • A Disastrous Start • Colonists seek gold, suffer from disease and hunger • John Smith forces colonists to farm; gets help from Powhatan people • In 1609, 600 colonists arrive; Powhatan destroy farms; “starving time”

  8. English Settlers Struggle • Jamestown Begins to Flourish • New arrivals revive and expand colony; grow tobacco • “Brown Gold” and Indentured Servants • Tobacco becomes profitable; export 1.5 million pounds by late 1620’s • Headright system – purchaser of passage gets 50 acres – lures settlers • Plantation owners use indentured servants – work 4 to 7 years for passage

  9. English Settlers Struggle • The First African Laborers • First Africans arrive in 1619 • treated as indentured servants • Late 1600’s, owners begin importing costly slaves because • indentured population decreases • colony becomes wealthy • slaves 3 times more expensive

  10. Settlers Clash with Native Americans • The English Pattern of Conquest • English do not live or intermarry with Native Americans • against English colonial law • The Settlers Battle Native Americans • Continued hostilities between Powhatan and English after starving time • 1614 marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe creates temporary peace • Renewed fighting; king makes Virginia royal colony under his control

  11. Economic Differences Split Virginia • Hostilities Develop • Former indentured people settle frontier, cannot vote, pay high taxes • Frontier settlers battle natives; tension between frontier, wealthy • Governor refuses to give money to help frontier fight local natives • Bacon’s Rebellion • Nathaniel Bacon raises army to fight natives on frontier – 1676 • Governor calls Bacon’s army illegal; Bacon sets fire to Jamestown

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