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Spains Empire in the Americas Cort és By 1500 Spain had a firm hold in the Americas From Spains colonies in the Caribbean soldieradventurers conquistadors set out to explore and conquer ID: 596681

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Conquistadors

Spain’s Empire in the AmericasSlide2

CortésBy 1500 Spain had a firm hold in the Americas

From Spain’s colonies in the Caribbean soldier-adventurers,

conquistadors

, set out to explore and conquer

Hernando Cort

és

sailed from Cuba to Mexico with more than 500 soldiers

The Native Americans he met presented him with gold

He marched into the

Aztec

city

Tenochtitlán

The Aztec ruler

Moctezuma

met with Cortés and offered him gold to get him to leaveSlide3

Cortés

Instead Cort

és took

Moctezuma

hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain

Aztecs fought back and forced Spanish to flee

Year later Cortés returned, recaptured

Tenochtitlán

, destroyed it

Built Mexico City

, capital of colony New SpainSlide4

PizarroFrancisco Pizarro was a conquistador who used similar methods in South America

Landed in Peru in 1531

Searching for

Incas

who were thought to have a lot of gold

Took the Inca ruler and even though the Incas paid a large ransom, he was executed anyway

Spanish defeated the now leaderless Incas and captured their capital city of CuzcoSlide5

Why were the Spanish Victorious?Technology

Native American weapons were no match for

armor, muskets, and cannons

of the Europeans

Spanish rode horses

Native Americans were

divided

Civil war in Peru

Native Americans against Aztecs (very violent)Slide6

Exploration of North AmericaPonce de León

sailed north from Puerto Rico to investigate reports of large island

Called it

La Florida

First Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States

Francisco Coronado

set out to find golden city

never found it but explored much of what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Kansas

Hernando de Soto

also searching for gold

Traveled as far north as Carolinas and west

as OklahomaSlide7

Life for Native AmericansLittle place for Native Americans except for a source of labor

Settlers were granted large portions of land to start mines, ranches, and

plantations

: large farms worked by laborers who live on the property

Spanish governments granted

encomiendas

: land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans

to help find much needed workers

Many died

Bartolom

é

de Las Casas

was a priest who traveled through New Spain working for reformSlide8

Social SystemStrict social system based on birthplace and ethnic group

Top:

P

eninsulares

: Spanish colonists who were born in Spain

Upper Middle:

Creoles: born in America of two Spanish parents

Lower Middle:

Mestizos: Spanish and Indian

heritage

Bottom:

Mulattos: Spanish and African heritage