Spain and the New World
Read pages 61-66 and 71-74. Read quietly first! Then see if you can answer these important questions.
Explain the significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Spain divided its American empire into two provinces - _________________________________ and _____________________________. Each province was called a ____________________________ ruled by a ___________________________.
How was Spanish society in the new world organized?
How does Mercantilism work and how did it drive the need for more colonies?
Many historians are amazed that great empires in the Americas fell so easily to such small groups of Spanish Conquistadors. How was this possible?
How did the Conquistadors and Spanish treat Native Americans?
what was the Columbian Exchange? What were its positive and negative effects?
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