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Chapter 2 “The Rise of the Atlantic World” Footholds in North America Spain’s Northern Frontier • Spanish got their New World empire started by crushing Aztecs and Incas • Juan Ponce de Leon o Founded Puerto Rico and Florida o Killed by Native Americans (Calusa) • 300 settlers provoked Apalachee Natives o Split into groups  4 survivors – Cabeza de Vaca and company arrive in Mexico  De Vaca made alliances with Natives along the way  Inspired other Spaniards to go look for gold • Hernando de Soto

memories of such a conflict. While there is probably some historical basis, it is difficult to imagine a tribe as large and powerful as the Cherokee being forced to move anywhere, although they may have lost some territory in the north to the Susquehannock, Erie, or Delaware. Considering their language differences with other Iroquian groups, the Cherokee probably have been a distinct group for a considerable period. It seems more