European conquest of the Americas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/European_conquest_of_the_Americas

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:African_populations Indigenous people global economy European settlers
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	European colonization of the Americas
gptkbp:beganIn	late 15th century
gptkbp:causedBy	spread of Christianity search for wealth competition among European powers desire for new trade routes
gptkbp:endDate	19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	European conquest of the Americas
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:Christopher_Columbus gptkb:Spanish_Empire gptkb:Dutch_Empire gptkb:French_Empire Portuguese Empire
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Americas
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire gptkb:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire gptkb:British_colonization_of_North_America Dutch colonization of the Americas French colonization of the Americas Portuguese colonization of Brazil
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Túpac_Amaru gptkb:Samuel_de_Champlain gptkb:Bartolomé_de_las_Casas gptkb:Moctezuma_II gptkb:Francisco_Pizarro gptkb:Henry_Hudson gptkb:Hernán_Cortés gptkb:John_Cabot gptkb:Atahualpa Pedro Álvares Cabral
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Age_of_Discovery gptkb:colonialism gptkb:Treaty_of_Tordesillas gptkb:Columbian_Exchange imperialism transatlantic slave trade demographic collapse indigenous resistance
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade gptkb:colonization_of_the_Americas spread of Christianity creation of new states decline of indigenous populations spread of European culture
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:post-Columbian_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4