1 janv. 1546 - Columbus Landing - OCT 1492 Tobacco Discovered - OCT 1492 Columbian Exchange - 1492 Treaty of Tordesillas - 1494 European Exploration/Beginning of Colonization Encomienda System - 1503 Atlantic Slave Trade - 1526-1867

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Tobacco- Plantations, massive economic boost and profit for colonies later on
Columbian Exchange - exchange of good through transatlantic trade, including Europe, Africa, Americas(Triangle Trade); Slaves from Africa to Americas, Immigrants/Flora and Fauna/Disease from Europe to Americas(Horses, British, Culture, Religion, Ethnic Cleansing, Plague, Influenza, Chicken Pox, Syphilis), Goods from America to Europe(Cotton, Sugar, Tobacco, Corn, Cacao Beans, Precious Metals)
Treaty of Tordesillas - Signed by Spain and Portugal, dividing the territories of the New World. Spain received the bulk of territory in the Americas, compensating Portugal with titles to lands in Africa and Asia.
Encomienda Systems - Natives taken as slaves and gifted to Spanish conquistadors as reward for loyalty to crown. Slaves gained military protection and education, however great ethnic cleansing and horrible cultural effects on Natives.

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