Spain- “Let me get in on that action”• Expelled the “infidels” • Ready to show of

power, and take out rival Portuguese.

• Portugal controls Africa, thus Spain must find new route to the Indies.

Christopher Columbus• Not the first, certainly

not the last.• One of most

successful failures in history

• 4 continents now connected- globalization has begun

The Columbian Exchange • Old World meets the

“New World”• 1493- Columbus

comes back to Haiti and the Dominica Republic, 17 ships, like Noah’s ark.

Maybe we can share…?• Treaty of Tordesillas

1494-

Spain’s Colonization of Americas

• Conquistadors- conquerors • 3 Reasons- God, Gold,

Glory • 1513- Vasco Nunez

Balboa- discovers pacific ocean

• 1513 and 1521- Juan Ponce De Leon explores Florida

• 1540- 1542- Francisco Coronado- as far east as Kansas

• Hernado de Soto-1539- 1542- Finds Miss. River

Spain’s Colonization of Americas

• Francisco Pizzarro- destroys Inca empire- 1532

• Surge in precious metals, standards of living increases, and the capitalism and beginning to form.

Spanish Colonization of Americas• Spanish- Accept our

religion or die. • Enconmieda- allows

government to give Indians to certain colonists who promise to christianize them.

The Conquest of Mexico

• 1519- Hernan Cortes- 16 horses- 500 men

• Aztec Chief Montezuma thinks Cortes is the god Quetzalcoatl- allows Cortes to enter the city unharmed, even gives him gifts