Unit 1 (1 janv. 1491 – 1 janv. 1607)

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BEFORE: the discovery of the "New World" by European colonizers, there were native Tribes and peoples who spread across North America and South America, trading, building, and living in their diverse environments.

AFTER: The interrelationship between Europeans, Native peoples, and Africans through exploration and colonization

the Europeans were hungry for wealth and better trading routes, Christopher Columbus ran into the Carribean, leading to large European competition for land, wealth, minerals, and religious conquest.

Spain was one of the first
- implemented Caste system
- Encomienda system
- Mission System

European society changed from feudalism to capitalism as the influx of wealth grew

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