AUCC 150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Triangular Trade, Columbian Exchange, Economic Geography

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: All Univ Curr-Other Cultures
• Course: AUCC 150
• Professor: Christine Grant

Document Summary

Many people born on the islands still considered themselves european capitulation-royal grant. Since native caribbeans were pagans queen isabella felt the right to invade, would not do this with a christian country. Settlers destroyed the population by making them dig for gold instead of food. Columbus and his brother were not good at ruling settlers, revolts. 1512- cuba by 1519 almost all gold was gone. Lesser antilles had no gold left so they were left alone abolished native slavery in 1542. Arawarks literally worked to death, no one is quite sure how they died out. Portugese explored african coast more encomienda- the right to use natives as slave labor conquistadors-motivated by glory, gold, religion, greed. Spanish were next, first to find a route to asia. Law of burgos (1512) from spain, set of 35 laws, gives attention to mistreatment of people, rarely reinforced.