Study Guide: Week 1

 

Terms to know:

 

Black Legend

Columbian exchange

Conquistadore

Coureur des bois

Enconmienda

Genocide

Habitant

Hispaniola

Iriquois & 5 Nations

Jesuit

Mestizo

Middle Ground

Novus orbis

Primary Source

Secondary Source

 

 

Map Locations to know (use p. 50, p. 24, p. 67)

 

Atlantic Ocean

Cuba

Gulf of Mexico
New Spain

Hispaniola

Iriquois Nation

Louisiana

New Orleans

Pacific Ocean

Quebec

Tenotichtlan (Mexico City)

 

Primary Source Readings:

1. WEB:Franco de los Cobos, Instructions to the Conquered 
   What exactly does Franco de los Cobos intend to do with the “conquered” peoples that he meets, according to his instructions to them?  What are the options that the natives have according to los Cobos?  What are los Cobos’ own reasons for coming to the New World, judging from what he says here?
2. WEB: Bartolome de Las Casas, A Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies .
   How did Bartolome de las Casas’ Account give rise to the “Black Legend?”   How does de las Casas characterize the Spanish?  How does he describe the native population?  What biases color his account of the situation?

 

Secondary Source Reading:

1. WEB: The Habitant in New France
   Browse through the site about the habitants in New France.  Who was a typical habitant? How did French colonization differ from Spanish colonization?  What are some reasons for the difference between the two?