Outline 4 (European Conquest and Colonization in North America and Asia)

Question 1

Time period of the European Conquest?

Answer 1

1500-1700

Question 2

“The English in Asia”

Catalyst for what?

Answer 2

Expansion

Question 3

“The English in Asia”

English East India Company occurred when?

Answer 3

1600

Question 4

“The English in Asia”

How was the establishment working?

Answer 4

Many failed attempts to establish throughout Asia

Question 5

“The English in Asia”

Finally, success occurred where?

Answer 5

Coromandel Coast of southern India

Question 6

“The English in Asia”

England’s future focus on?

Answer 6

India

Question 7

“The Dutch in Asia”

Who do they challenge that are hated by local powers?

Answer 7

Portuguese

Question 8

“The Dutch in Asia”

What was The Itinerario by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten?

Answer 8

Published as “Key to The East”, the Itinerario proper, is a report of the journey Van Linschoten undertook from Lisbon to Goa and back again

Question 9

“The Dutch in Asia”

Started trade with what islands?

Answer 9

Spice islands (Dutch East Indies)

Question 10

“The Dutch in Asia”

What was different in their approach?

Answer 10

Trade; not conversion or colonization

Question 11

“The Dutch in Asia”

Started increasing their control of what?

Answer 11

Sea lanes, prices, production

Question 12

“European competition in Asia”

European insignificance lead to what?

Answer 12

limitations

Question 13

“European competition in Asia”

Asian perception of Europeans?

Answer 13

“Sea barbarians”

Question 14

“European competition in Asia”

Growing competition between who?

Answer 14

European merchants

Question 15

“European competition in Asia”

What also affected the competition?

Answer 15

Religious movements and differences

Question 16

Dutch Colonization?

Answer 16

• The Americas
• New Netherland > New York
• Caribbean
• Guiana

Question 17

Main focus of the Dutch Colonization?

Answer 17

Asia:
-Dutch East Indies (Spice Islands)

-India

Question 18

“French Colonization in North America”

How was their relationship with native Americans?

Answer 18

• need for allies in fur trade
• Coureurs de bois’ adoption of Indian culture, wives
• Emphasis on evangelism

Question 19

“French Colonization in North America”

Population growth?

Answer 19

Very slow

Question 20

“French Colonization in North America”

Defeated by who?

Answer 20

English

Question 21

The French was different from the English in what colonization aspect?

Answer 21

allies and creating relationships

Question 22

“English colonization in North America”

Failed attempts at settlement when?

Answer 22

16th century

Question 23

“English colonization in North America”

The city, state, year of colonization?

Answer 23

Jamestown, Virginia, 1607

Question 24

“English colonization in North America”

The intended labor source?

Answer 24

indentured servitude

Question 25

"English colonization in North America" Southern colonies impact?

Answer 25

- social stratification | - dependence on large cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and rice

Question 26

"English colonization in North America" New England colonies started where and when?

Answer 26

Massachusetts, 1620

Question 27

"English colonization in North America" The New England colonies emphasis?

Answer 27

Religious freedom (at least for Puritans)

Question 28

"English colonization in North America" New England colonies idea?

Answer 28

more independence, political autonomy

Question 29

"English colonization in North America" New England reliance on?

Answer 29

timber, fishing, furs, shipping, commerce

Question 30

"English colonization in North America" Middle Atlantic colonies difference?

Answer 30

greater ethnic and religious diversity

Question 31

"English colonization in North America" Middle Atlantic colonies source of trade?

Answer 31

grain export, shipping

Question 32

What emerged in the Catholic Church in colonial Latin America?

Answer 32

Syncretic Amerindian Christianity (Our Lady of Guadalupe)

Question 33

What two sources was colonial Latin American economy like?

Answer 33

- Spanish silver from Peru and Mexico | - Portuguese Brazil's sugar plantations

Question 34

In Latin American economy, what did the Spanish silver from Peru and Mexico include?

Answer 34

- Amerindian enslavement (encomiendas) | - Mita

Question 35

In Latin American economy, what did Brazil's sugar plantations labor consist of?

Answer 35

- Amerindian labor | - African labor

Question 36

What was the council of the Indies (1524)?

Answer 36

In Latin America, The Council of the Indies took care of all governmental issues, administration, justice, war and religion, being always the first instance

Question 37

In Iberian colonization, what were the "social hierarchies"?

Answer 37

- Creoles - Mestizos - Mulattoes - Indians/Africans

Question 38

When did the emergence of syncretic colonial institutions happen?

Answer 38

The Iberian Colonization

Question 39

What were some of the criticism of the Spanish Conquest?

Answer 39

- Dominican friars, School of Salamanca | - Bartolome de las Casa, Account of the Devastation of the Indies

Question 40

Who was Francisco Pizarro?

Answer 40

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

Question 41

Who played a role in the execution of Inca Emperor Atahualpa?

Answer 41

Pizarro

Question 42

What spurs more conquest in the Inca Empire?

Answer 42

Inca wealth

Question 43

Who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519?

Answer 43

Hernan Cortes

Question 44

How did Cortes gain conquest of the Inca Empire?

Answer 44

- alliance with Amerindian groups - quetzalcoatl legend, confusion - capture of Moctezuma - Retreat, return, siege, victory

Question 45

What helped secure the victory of the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

Answer 45

European disease