5.1

• The New Tastes of Europe


  search for spices

  • Made food more palatable and preserved it in the absence of refrigeration.
  • Lucrative trade of silk, precious stones, and other luxurious items from the east.
• Mercantilism


  Rivalry between portugal and Spain in maritime discoveries.
• Treaty of Tordesillas 


  agreement between SPAIN and PORTUGAL with regards to the “discoveries” in the New World.
• East of the Line - Portugal

  West of the line - Spain
• Ottoman Empire - turkey
• What can you say are the economical and political changes during Spanish colonization that is still prevalent today.
• Christopher Columbus (1492)


  Sought funding from mercantilist monarchs like Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.
• Mercantilist policies encouraged exploration to find new trade routes and sources of wealth.
• Columbus aimed to find a direct route to Asia for spice trade, bypassing the Ottoman Empire's monopoly.
• His voyages were part of Spain's mercantilist strategy to expand its empire and increase its wealth.

  Columbus
• Columbus's discoveries led to the exploitation of resources and indigenous peoples in the New World, aligning with mercantilist goals of extracting wealth.
• Pope Alexander VI (spanish pope)


  Where they go to settle the dispute
• Diego De Los Rios was a Spanish Lieutenant General who was known as the last Spanish Governor
• 370 leagues


  Granting the new world to Spain of..
• Religious Justification


  Religious zeal disguised the economic content of the voyages of discovery and colonization - Religion as a rallying cry beyond the Iberian Peninsula
• 370 leagues = 2193 km (Approx land of Spain) 


  Treaty of Tordesillas
• three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
• Spanish Expeditions to the East

  1. 1518 (RECEIVED DIRECTIONS)- Ferdinand Magellan convinced Carlos V that he could find a shorter way to the Maluku by sailing westwards.
  2. 1519 - Sailed from Sanlucar Spain boarding 5 ships (Santiago, San Antonio, Conception, Trinidad, Victoria) with 235 men.
  3. March 17, 1521 - Landed in the Philippines - Eastern Visayan Region (Samar and Leyte Area)
  4. April 1521 - Defeated in battle by Lapu - Lapu’s men in Mactan Only Victoria finished the voyage (smallest)