HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aztec Empire, Cabinet Of Curiosities, Positio
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Lecture #4: england"s late american colonization. Saturday, october 15, 2016. Contact=disaster- - > permanent contact between people from europe and the. Americas created a disaster a. Enslavement and the trans- atlantic shipment of africans. Understanding the land to labor ratio is key to the structure of political power. Europe- - > not much land, many people: power in owning land. Africa- - > much land, not many people: power in owning people. Americas- - > the northeast coast of south america had fertile land, but were very lightly populated. Ii. i. i. ii. i. i. ii. i. ii. ii. Millions of africans were enslaved in this early period. Adjustment: european (re) visions of native americans a. In places/situations that europeans hadn"t experienced, there was a sense of wonder associated with the people. Contact with the new world was made up of people trying to figure out this wonder. People created cabinets of wonder and of unfamiliar things b.
