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Catholic cleric that denounced brutality of the ecomienda framework Las Casas recommended the Spanish utilize African American slaves.Many Europeans trusted Africans were resistant to tropical diseases and significantly more grounded than native American.
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A decline in the male population, increase of polygamy.Increase in warfare and conflict between African states/tribes.
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Stream of merchandise, germs, nourishment's, plants, human culture and population between the Old World and the New World.The two worlds had been parted by a sea for a large number of years! This all changed when Columbus invaded.
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Inspired by Portugal's early success in navigation, Spain finances Christopher Columbus' voyage to find a western trade route to Asia. Columbus lands in the Caribbean in 1492, convinced he has reached East Asia. His voyage opens the Americas to later European explorers.
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A line that divided up the world between Portugal and Spain Anything to the west of the line belonged to Spain and everything to the East belonged to Portugal Other European nations did not accept this line
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Reached India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa) and opened a new trade route for Portugal.
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Conquered the Aztecs with 500 men, several horses and cannons.The Aztec empire was a complex state built on military conquest unlike the small Caribbean tribes.
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Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish conquest of the Incas.The Europeans arrived just at the end of a bloody Inca Civil War After the Inca king refused to cooperate, the Spanish captured the king and slaughtered the Incas.
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At first, embraced Western culture…until Christians began to convert the Japanese Japan closed it’s doors to Europe and became isolated from the west for over 200 years (Sakoku: locked country)
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England was the first country to outlaw the slave trade. William Wilberforce looked at the issue from a moral perspective instead of an economic one.
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