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Chapter 20: The Atlantic World
Section 1-4
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History
10th Grade
03/26/2009

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Pedro Alvarez Cabral
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Reached the shores of modern day Brazil and claimed the land for his country.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian in the service of Portugal, traveled along the eastern coast of South America.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Led the boldest exploration in 1519
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Hernando Cortes
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Landed on the shores of mexico with Magellan
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European exploration and Trade
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New foods from the Americas, price inflation from imported gold and silver, new adopted business methods, and imported raw materials
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Spanish Economy
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Native American peons and enslaved africans
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European Exploration Causes
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Wealth and Power desire, christianity, renassance spirit ( adventurers/test human ability), and technology improvements.
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European Exploration Effects
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Geography Knowledge, Nations Competed, Slave trade expanded, Native American decimation, and columbian exchange.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Marched a small force into South America. Conquered Incan Empire.
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Atahualpa
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Original Incan ruler, commanded force of 30,000, was ambushed.
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Europeans
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1500, spanish and portuguese colonize, Central and South America establish Empires. 1600-1700: Won in battle with English, French, and Dutch.
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Native Americans
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Incan empire falls to SPanish Invasion. Conquest and Dieseases.
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Africans
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Taken from homelands to become slaves in Americas.
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Juan Ponce De Leon
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Claimed to build and empire in the Americas.
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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Explorer in Southwest, religious conquering against spanish.
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Global Trade
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dramatic growth in overseas trade, colonization, and new business.
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