1) The document discusses the European conquest of the Americas beginning in the 15th century with Columbus' four voyages of exploration and continuing with other European explorers and conquistadors like Cortes, Pizarro, and Magellan. 2) It examines the resulting exchange of goods, plants, animals, diseases, technologies, and peoples between the Old World and New World, known as the Columbian Exchange, which had immense and unintended consequences. 3) It outlines the process by which Europeans established colonies in the Americas through exploration, conquest, missionary work, and permanent settlements and the systems of trade, slavery, and class that emerged from colonization.

1. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY The European Conquest of the Americas

2. Christófo Colón [1451-1506]

3. Columbus’ Four Voyages

4. Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c

5. European Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”

6. Fernando Cortés The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs Montezuma II vs.

7. The Death of Montezuma II

8. Mexico Surrenders to Cortés

9. Francisco Pizarro The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas Atahualpa vs.

10. Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of unintentional "bio-terrorism"?? Docs. 1- 4

12. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conquistadores Missionaries Permanent Settlers Official European Colony!

13. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

14. Slave Ship

15. “ Coffin” Position Below Deck

16. African Captives Thrown Overboard

17. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

18. Sacrifice of the First-Born by Theodore de Bry

20. Treasures from the Americas!

21. The Colonial Class System Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves

22. The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Mission

23. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation

25. European Empires in the Americas