HIST 105 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of previous lecture I Africa and Europeans II New World Encounters III Spain Outline of current lecture I Transoceanic commerce II Slave Trade III Columbian Exchange IV England vs Spain Current lecture Transoceanic commerce Eastward o Gold o Silver o Sugar Muslims owned it to begin with These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Portuguese went out to find how to make it themselves In Madeira Northwest Coast of Africa In Brazil Only economically way to produce is to have slaves Westward o slaves o Colonizers o Finished goods Muskets Knives Europeans Conquest Immunity o Domestic animal vectors Harsh treatment o Typical of the time o Europeans were brutal to native Growth of Slave Trade Portuguese Dutch English o Eventually call the shots Used for plantation agriculture o Sugar crops Wars solely to capture slaves o Worse lights of humanity Slave trade o Grain coast o Ivory Coast o Gold Coast o Slave Coasts Crossing the Atlantic Four to eight weeks o Depends on the year One in seven died o Chained up o Lined in rack o No fresh air Destination Lifelong bondage o Some would jump off the boat Colombian exchange Small pox o Major killer to Indians Wheat Oranges Cattle Horses Syphilis o Major killer for Europeans Pigs weeds Maize Pineapples Beans Tomatoes Llamas Turkey Silver Bolivia Mexico Inflation o So much silver coming into Europe they lost the buying power in the currency o Encourage people to leave Europe and come to the America Emigration New Spain Encomienda system o Made it possible for people who were connected or had money o Get grants o Had control over certain area and develop towns They could enslave people Catholicism Indians exploited Bartolome de las Casas o Encomienda system o Religious conversion o Becomes a Dominican priest o Ask Spain Tentative of Christian rule love one another He says everyone is sinners Spain in the Southwest Mission o Franciscans In charge of the church Lived with very little Abused their powers o Livestock o Produce o And uneasy Catholicism Do not have to convert locals to Catholicism it is only desirable England Late to the Party Religion s influence o Protestant Reformations 1517 Henry VIII 1534 o Wanted annulment o Created Church of England o Remnants of Catholicism England vs Spain Protestantism Vs Catholicism English support of the Dutch Armada o The big fleet o Weather Conditions in England Changes in agriculture Religious persecution o Reconquista o Protestant reformation Martin Luther 1517 Calvinism 1550 s Shortage of land Surplus of labor Religious influences Henry VII of England o Church of England 1534 o Remnants of Catholicism Conditions in North America Surplus of land Shortage of labor Richard Hakluyt Advisor to the King o Spanish are doing great in Americas we need to get in to the game Why o New estates o Export woolen cloth o Exotic imports Foods Spices Sugar o Evangelical Protestantism Spread the religion Convert natives Defeats the Spanish Catholicism England s Early Efforts in the New World Newfoundland 1583 Roanoke Island Private ventures o They formed companies that funded the trips o Later on will come to royal charter Royal Blessings England s Westward Movement Conquest of Ireland o 1560 1570 Sons of gentry o Sons of rich people wanted land taking over land in Ireland Landless commoners English Capital Invested Less attractive o Mixed farming o Lumbering o Fishing More attractive make more o West indies o Tobacco o Sugar
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