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CONQUEST AND COLONISATION OF THE AMERICAS
DISCOVERY
Christopher Columbus was a sailor
who was obsessed with reaching India
rossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Columbus made three more voyages
His critics rightly argued that he miscalculated
the dimensions of the Earth
The monarchs signed the Capitulations of Santa Fé,
Columbus set sail from the port of Palos
sighted land on 12th October 1492
had arrived at Guanahani Island
n the Bahamas
they named San Salvador.
PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA
inhabitants, known as Amerindians
known as pre-Columbian cultures.
TRIBAL CULTURES
MESOAMERICAN CIVILISATIONS
the Mayan civilisation had developed
SOUTH AMERICAN CIVILISATIONS
THE EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS
Crown organised the exploration and conquest
of the territories of the Americas
Explorations
Spanish continued to search for ways of sailing
around the recently discovered territories
other explorers travelled around the interior of the continent
Castilians were not the only ones
to make exploratory voyage
italians too
eastern coast of Brazil
territory secured by Portugal.
Reasons for the conquest
own due to various factors:
The rivalry between the American cultures
The great difference in technology.
Religious beliefs
The inhabitants of the Aztec and Inca
was rapid and violent in many cases
THE COLONISATION OF THE AMERICAS
Political organisation
Various organisms and institutions were established
to govern the colonised territories
Casa de Contratación
El Consejo de Indias
Viceroyalties
Audiencias
Economic exploitation and social transformations
conquistadores exploited the natural resources
and local populations of the Americas.
Americas became the main source
of income for the Spanish Crown.
manufactured products had to be imported
from the mother country.
Hardly any industry was developed,
encomienda.
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cultural impact of the conquest and colonisation
some religious figure
protested and denounced the situation.
Crown intervened and enacted
the Leyes de Burgos
and the Leyes Nuevas
Europeans and their descendants,
Spaniards mixed with the Amerindians
resulting in mestizos