Contact with Indigenous Peoples (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Where Columbus first landed in the Americas
Where Columbus first landed in the Americas
San Salvador
Nature of Columbus's first Indigenous encounters
Nature of Columbus's first Indigenous encounters
Peaceful and cooperative
Goods Spanish offered Taíno in trade
Goods Spanish offered Taíno in trade
Hats, balls, glass beads
Goods Taíno offered Spanish in trade
Goods Taíno offered Spanish in trade
Cotton, parrots, gold jewellery
Indigenous name for San Salvador
Indigenous name for San Salvador
Guanahani
Name of Taíno chief who helped Columbus
Name of Taíno chief who helped Columbus
Guacanagari
Spanish settlement built with Taíno help on Hispaniola
Spanish settlement built with Taíno help on Hispaniola
La Navidad
What Taíno believed Spanish sailors were
What Taíno believed Spanish sailors were
Men from the sky / divine beings
How gold discovery changed Spanish-Indigenous relations
How gold discovery changed Spanish-Indigenous relations
From peaceful to exploitative
How Columbus described Carib people
How Columbus described Carib people
Ferocious
Columbus's categorisation of Indigenous peoples
Columbus's categorisation of Indigenous peoples
'Good' (cooperative) vs 'bad' (resistant)
Columbus's religious goal for Indigenous peoples
Columbus's religious goal for Indigenous peoples
Convert them to Christianity
Who Columbus captured to serve as interpreters
Who Columbus captured to serve as interpreters
Taíno individuals