Explain effects of European exploration upon European society and Native Americans including the economic and cultural impact ACOS 4a Identify significant early European patrons and explorers and early settlements ID: 717391
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Chapter 3, Lesson 4
ACOS #4:
Explain effects of European exploration upon European society and Native Americans, including the economic and cultural impact.
ACOS #4a:
Identify significant early European patrons and explorers and early settlements.
ACOS #4b:
Locate the countries of origin of early European patrons and explorers.Slide2
Key Vocabulary Words
1.
expedition
= a journey taken by a group for a definite purpose
2.
conquistador
= Spanish for conqueror or soldier
3.
empire
= territories and groups of people controlled by one government or leaderSlide3
Cortés Conquers the Aztecs
Spain’s rulers were still looking for gold
Hernán Cortés led an
expedition
to Mexico in 1519
An expedition is
A journey to achieve a goal
Cortés had an army of more than 500 conquistadors, horses, and weapons
A conquistador is
a Spanish word for conqueror Slide4
The Aztecs
The Aztecs had built an empire by conquering other Indian Nations.
They controlled a huge empire and lived in a city bigger than any in Europe.
An empire is
m
any
nations or territories ruled by a single group, government, or leader.Slide5
Cortés Conquers the Aztecs
The Aztec ruler, Moctezuma, welcomed Cortés in their capital city, Tenochtitlán
.
Cortés wanted
the Aztec gold so he put Moctezuma in prison.
The Aztecs fought Cortés and drove him
and his army away.
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Cortés Conquers the Aztecs
Cortés made friends with other Indian nations who were the Aztec’s enemies.
Cortés defeated the Aztecs
with help from:
Aztec enemies
Diseases
from the Spanish
Weapons
After the
Aztec’s defeat,
Cortés explored
Central looking for gold.Slide7
When Cortes and the conquistadors arrived in Mexico, how were the Aztecs living?
The were living in a huge empire and lived in a city bigger than any in Europe.
Other Indian nations helped Cortes defeat
Moctezuma
.
After Cortez, Spain sent explorers to Central and South America in search of gold.Slide8
Spain conquers the Incas
Spain sent Francisco Pizarro to South America to look for gold during the 1530’s.
The Incas were a powerful tribe who also had a large empire.
Pizarro
fought and defeated the Incas.Slide9
Spain Explored North America
Spanish conquistadors also explored North America looking for gold
Juan
Ponce de León
explored present day Florida in 1513. He was looking for the “Fountain of Youth”.
In 1539,
Hernando de Soto
explored
the southeast part of the United States, including
Florida and Georgia.Slide10
Do you remember what you learned last year about Hernando de Soto?
You may remember from last year in Alabama History, that de Soto kidnapped Chief Tuscaloosa when the chief refused to give him men and women from his tribe. The only thing of value that de Soto had found up to that point, freshwater pearls, were lost in the battle. When Hernando de Soto died, his men weighted his body with stones and sank him in a river, so the Indians would continue to think he was immortal.Slide11
Spain Explored North America
In 1540,
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition looking for gold.
Coronado
and his men traveled over 3,500 miles looking for the cities of gold.Slide12
Why It Matters….
What the Spanish learned about the American Southwest helped future explorers for hundreds of years.