Chapter Summary: The Spanish took over the Caribbean, Mexico, and Peru. They also wanted to conquer the Americas. Most of the native people were forced into slavery or they were swept away by the smallpox. Colonies were made in North America. The Europeans were beginning to mix with the indigenous people, even though there were still social and sexual hierarchies. Silver became quite important, so laborers were sent to mine for silver. There were three different labor systems; one came right after the other. Until the free laborer system got set in place. Europeans began settling in Australia, even though there wasn’t much trade going on at the time. Many more people traveled to the Pacific after Magellan and Captain Cook.

I. Colliding Worlds …show more content…
Hispaniola was the base of Spanish operations
2. No silks or spices in the Caribbean
3. Got the Tainos to mine for gold and the Spanish were to look after their welfare iii. Smallpox
1. Many laborers were lost, so the Spanish took to kidnapping slaves
2. By the 16th Century, only a few words from the Taino society remained (canoe, hammock, hurricane, barbecue, maize, and tobacco) iv. From Mining to Plantation Agriculture
1. French, English, and Dutch settlers intended to establish plantations in the Caribbean
2. By the 1700s, there was a small class of European administrators and large numbers of African slaves
b. The Conquest of Mexico and Peru
i. Hernán Cortés
1. Took over the island city of Tenochtitlan in 1519
2. 1521, starved the city into surrender ii. Epidemic Disease
1. Many were wiped out or non-functional (the Aztecs) due to the smallpox iii. Francisco Pizarro
1. Took over the Inca empire between 1532-1533
2. The Spanish forces had complete control of the Inca empire by 1540
c. Iberian Empires in the Americas
i. Spanish Colonial Administration
1. There were two administrative centers: Mexico and Peru, which were governed by a viceroy
2. These viceroy were reviewed by audiencias, which were courts appointed by the