Feudalism

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Feudalism

• King gave land to nobles in exchange for military
  support
• Peasants worked for feudal lords
• Most were serfs who were bound to the land

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Crusades

• Christian fighters going to the holy land to
  defeat the Muslims

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What did the Crusaders bring back to Europe that
was the catalyst for exploration?

• Spices
• Sugar
• Silk
• This led to the need for a monetary system to
  replace the barter system that had be prevalent
  in Europe.

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1350-1600 Renaissance

• This was a period of rebirth in Europe.
• Inventions or at least new to the Europeans
• Arabs Astrolabe used the sun to determine
  direction, latitude, and local times
• Chinese compass
• Ship building
• Now they had the ability, tools, and desire to
  find a shorter route to the Indies

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In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue. T or F
True or False?

• In 1493, Columbus Stole all that He could see!! T
  or F

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The Story you Learned
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The Story you Learned

• Pg. 57 Everyone believe the world was flat
• Pg 58 mutiny and bad weather
• Columbus died never knowing what he discovered
• Columbus died poor and unappreciated

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The Real Story

• Europeans had guns and wanted to use them
• Arms WAS the cause of European domination
• Because of the printing press people knew of
  Columbus findings. The poor Vikings didnt have
  the press on their side.

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The Real Story

• Real evidence exists that the Afro-Phoenicians
  visited the New World long before Columbus. Pg
  5153
• Columbus and EVERYBODY else Knew that the earth
  was round.
• (pg 57)

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The Real Story

• In 1005 the Vikings intended only to settle
  Vineland
• By 1493, Columbus planned to plunder Haiti
• Columbus introduced two phenomena that
  revolutionized race relations and transformed the
  modern world the taking of land, wealth, and
  labor from indigenous peoples, leading to their
  near extermination, and the transatlantic slave
  trade, which created a racial underclass.

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Columbus died not knowing what he discovered?

• Notice the drawing in the lower left corner.
  After Columbus discovered a new continent he
  had this put on his family crest. He knew!
• And he died well off, not poor.

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When Columbus Landed he made demands on the
natives
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The Requirement

• Eu implore o para reconhecer a igreja como uma
  senhora e no nome da tomada do papa o rei como o
  senhor desta terra e para obedecer seus mandatos.
  Se você não a fizer, eu digo-lhe aquele com a
  ajuda do deus que eu inscreverei poderosa de
  encontro a você todo. Eu farei a guerra em toda
  parte e a cada maneira que eu posso.
  Sujeitar-euo-ei o garfo e obedience à igreja e a
  seu majesty. Eu de farei exame suas mulheres e
  crianças e do far-lhes-ei escravos... As mortes
  e os ferimentos que você recebe de aqui sobre
  serão sua própria falha e não que de seu majesty
  nem dos gentlemen que me acompanham.

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The Requirement

• The Requirement was read in SPANISH to the
  natives and when they didnt comply. Listen to
  what it said.

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The Requirement

• I implore you to recognize the Church as a lady
  and in the name of the Pope take the King as lord
  of this land and obey his mandates. If you do not
  do it, I tell you that with the help of God I
  will enter powerfully against you all. I will
  make war everywhere and every way that I can. I
  will subject you to the yoke and obedience to the
  Church and to his majesty. I will take your women
  and children and make them slaves The deaths and
  injuries that you will receive from here on will
  be your own fault and not that his majesty nor of
  the gentlemen that accompany me

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The Columbian Biological Exchange
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