HIST 1007 Chapter : Hist 1500 Present
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Exploration: 1471: sailors sail to the equator, 1487: go to the tip of africa, 1492: columbus, 1522: ship sails around the world, spain is the most active. Motivation: riches trying to trade with asia (spices) and indians (gold, raw material need timber, christianizing the indians spanish missionaries, improving shipping industry expensive, glory wanted fame. 1514 exploration of florida: don"t find anything. 1519 cortez went to central mexico and defeated the aztec indians, and put themselves at the top of the aztec empire. 1540 widespread exploration of the south: don"t find much. 1560 spain explores the southwest: don"t find much; no riches. Characteristics of spain"s exploration: bringing native americans to the spanish empire, bureaucracy very complex but worked, spain became very wealthy. Ii. columbain exchange: old world meets new world after 10,000 years separation and there are fundamental differences between the groups, plants, came to america: wheat, grapes, onions, sugar cane, peaches, oranges, weeds,
