Period 1 AP

Doctrine impacted

The Age of Exploration and the European desire to expand territories and influence.

Pursecuror of

The concept of Manifest Destiny in the 19th-century United States.

conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Aztec leader Moctezuma

The tapestry recognizes the important role indigenous women played as translators and cultural mediators between Europeans and Native Americans.

Doctrine of Discovery was made to...

To provide religious justification for European monarchs to claim territories in the Americas.

Consequence of Spanish cruelty

Because so many native peoples were dying, the Spanish began to import slaves from Africa to replenish their labor supply.

Consequences of European colonization

Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations.

Sponsor explorers

European monarchs seeking to expand their empires

Native culture impact on Europeans

Europeans began to partake of many of the same luxury items that the indigenous social elites consumed.

Portrayal of Natives in early colonial era

How Native Americans became dependent on European trade goods.

Spanish cruelty to Natives revealed

Generally, Spaniards were unconcerned because they thought Native Americans should be exploited because they were uncivilized.

describes Benzoni's account

It is partially correct because Benzoni accurately describes the animistic elements of indigenous religions and the syncretic results of missionary work

Native American people lack immunity to European diseases because...

Most Indigenous peoples did not live in urban areas and had few domesticated animals, which meant they did not develop a resistance to many animal-borne illnesses.

Native + Euro Settlers

Native Americans and Europeans at times traded peacefully with European colonists but also frequently used diplomacy and force to resist encroachment on their territory, political sovereignty, and way of life.

Lives of Native Americans immediately preceding the moment of European contact

Native peoples created different types of settlements, engaged in long-distance trade, practiced religion, and supported social hierarchies.

Spanish heirarchy

Spanish officials created a strict caste based on precise racial categories that placed native Spaniards at the top.

Europeans conquer the Native American peoples because...

The Europeans had advanced military technology and also brought with them diseases which ravaged native populations.

Native + Columbus initially

They did not offer any resistance to Columbus' proclamation.

Columbus objective

To discover new territories for the Spanish Crown