Class 10/4 

• was the Treaty of Tordesillas fair?
• not fair to the people who lived on this territory 

• Brazil- what is the one word that gyarn really wants to hear?
• *hint- its not "African"*
• "I said Brazil, you said African"
• SUGAR- sugar production very profitable 
• indigenous slaves in Brazil die of disease --> start bringing over African slaves

• Portuguese and Spain are similar to each other than other European places are with each other
• but Portuguese is nicer than Spain

• who is the #1 jerk?- Columbus 
• Exaggerated riches because he wanted to give them a reason to send him back

• Magellan- realized that the westward passage to the Indies wasn't going to work out because huge chunk of land in the way

• Cortez and Aztecs
• 4 reasons why Cortez was bale to take over:
• 1. took advantage of tensions in area- the ones who were being captured by aztecs to use as human sacrifices were willing to team up with Cortez
• 2. They thought he was a god 
• 3. Military superiority
• 4. Disease among the indigenous people

• Pizarro and Incas
• how are issues with Aztecs and Incas similar?
• 1. Pizarro also took advantage of issues in area- issues were more internal here though(civil warish)
• 2. diseases
• makes it sound like it was more of a surprise that Incas fell vs. Aztecs
• because they were so isolated and protected it seemed like
• Incas had bureaucratic efficiency- was a huge empire divided into manageable parts
• England
• came through companies, wasn't an attempt by english crown to take over everything (like Spain and Portugal did) 
• Jamestown came to make money
• others came for religious reasons
• France- was different from England
• fur traders
• found in Northern Canada
• Dutch
• New Amsterdam

• Organization of colonies- social pyramid
• • Peninsulares- Spanish natives who were born on Iberian peninsula but now live in Am
  • Creoles- are of spanish blood but born in the new world
  • Wanted to be treated like the other Spanish
• Mestizos - mixed btw native american and european
• Natives- indians, no spanish blood 

• Viceroyalties- the name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain(Mexico), Peru(Peru), New Granada(Colombia), and La Plata(Argentina)