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Columbus and America
8/28/14
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Columbus
Columbus landed in Hispaniola , begins colonization of islands
COLONIZATION: establishment of distantsettlements controlled by the parent country
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Spanish had slave experience: Canary Islands
and West Africa
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Taino fight back
• In 1493, Taino on St. Croix fight back with poison arrows
• Keep fighting for years
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Columbian Exchange
• Still going on
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Columbus’ gift to Indians
Measles, mumps, chicken pox, small pox, typhus
Hispaniola Population pre-Columbus: 300,000
Population in 1508: 100,000
Disease was main factor in killing natives, not weapons
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Native Population
Pre-Columbian native population: 2.1 million to 18 million
By 1800: 600,000
By 1900: 250,000
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Slaves
• No natives left, who’s going to work?• Native Americans= bad laborers• “One African-American….4 Indians.”
Las Casas
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Treaty of Tordesillas
• Signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal
• Lands to west of imaginary line went to Spain
• Lands east went to Portugal• Spain got most of the Americas• Portugal got Brazil
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Essay
Should Columbus be viewed as a hero or villain?
Consider: His voyages and risks involved
Purposes for exploration
Acceptance of colonization
Long-term effects