Causes:
1.Great Ice Age
2. Corn cultivation
3. New sailing technology/ desire for spices
4. Portugal creates sugar plantations on Atlantic coastal islands
5. Columbus's 1st encounter w/ New World
6. Native Americans' lack of immunity to smallpox, malaria, etc.
7. Spanish conquest of large quantities of New World gold/ silver
8. Aztec legends of returning god, Quetzalcoatl
9. Spanish need to protect MX vs. French/ English enroachment
10. Franciscan friars desire to convert Pacific coast Indians to Catholocism
Effects:
A. Rapid expansion of golbal economic commerce/ manufacturing
B. European voyages around Africa to reach Asia
C. Establishment of Spanish settlements in Florida & New Mexico
D. Exposure of "land bridge" between Asia & North America
E. Formation of chain of mission settlements in CA
F. Global exchange of animals, plants, and diseases
G. Formation of large, sophisticated civilizations in MX &S.America
H. Cortes relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan..
2006-09-13
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