AMH 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bartolomé De Las Casas, Anne Hutchinson, Navigation Acts

• School: University of Florida
• Department: American History
• Course: AMH 2010
• Professor: Allen Kent

Document Summary

Columbian exchange: this is the transatlantic flow of goods and people during the 15 th century. Products introduced to europe from the americas included corn, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, and tobacco, while people from europe brought over wheat, rice, sugarcane, horses, cattle, pigs, and sheep to the. In addition, the europeans also brought over deadly germs previously unknown to the. Bartolome de las casas: he was a dominican priest who in 1552 wrote about the decimation of the. Indian population in a very brief account of the destruction of the indies. His writing denounced spain for causing the death of millions of innocent people and for denying indians their freedom. Las casas suggested that the importation of slaves from africa would help to protect the indians from exploitation. Largely because of his efforts, spain promulgated the new laws, commanding that indians no longer be enslaved.