Shortly after 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ death ravaged the great empires and civilizations that the Aztecs and Incas built. Women‚ children‚ and the rich culture suffered at the hands of the Spaniards. Despite all of the destruction‚ it lead to what many call today‚ Latin America. However‚ not just one event created Latin America‚ it was a large collection of many. All of the events that happened after 1492 were due to a difference of knowledge‚ technology‚ and immunity
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Inquisition Kuraka Ladino (indio ladino) Limpieza de sangre Mameluco Mestizo Mita Mulato New Laws (1542) Oidores Repartimiento Requerimiento Royal Patronage Tahuantinsuyo Vice-roy Peoples (Historical significance‚ where‚ when) Atahualpa Charles I (Charles V) Christopher Columbus Doña Marina (Malinche) Francisco Pizarro Hernán Cortés Huascar Isabel John II Manco Inca Moctezuma Pedro Alvares Cabral Indigenous ethnic groups (Historical significance/contribution‚ where
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Final Paper: Peru GEO 102 [pic] (fig. 1) Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city‚ high in the Andes of Peru. The Republic of Peru‚ (Spanish: República del Perú)‚ or Peru‚ is a country located on the western edge of South America. It borders Ecuador and Colombia to the north‚ Brazil to the east and Bolivia and Chile to the southeast. Peru has a complex geography dominated by the high and rugged Andes and the Pacific currents‚ which create climates and landscapes as
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Hernan Cortes landed on the east coast of the Aztec empire where the natives mistaken for Quetzalcoatl‚ a deity. Cortés became allies with some of the native peoples he encountered‚ but with others he used deadly force to conquer Mexico. He marched to Tenochtitlán‚ the Aztec capital and home to ruler Montezuma II. Cortés took Montezuma hostage and his soldiers raided the city. Cortés left the city after learning that Spanish troops were coming to arrest him for disobeying orders.After facing off
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n 1519 Spaniards led by Hernán Cortés traveled from Cuba to Mexico. Their goal was to conquer Mexico so that they could collect all the rumored riches. Cortes and his men went to Tenochtitlán‚ the Aztec Empire. He forged an alliance with them. The Aztecs believed Cortes was a god because he had such riches like metal armor and horses. Montezuma II‚ the leader of the Aztecs‚ had heard that the Spaniards had brought gifts for them. When Cortes had reached Tenochtitlán he had realised that his men were
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*********** HS 201-005 Paper #1 Sept. 8‚ 2010 Spanish and English had similar motivations for exploration of the New World‚ such as gaining land‚ goods from the natives‚ and gold. However‚ their motivations also differ greatly. The Spanish conquistadors also gained slaves from the native people‚ as well as spreading the word of Christianity. The English settlers came to the New World to get away from the religious oppression in England and to practice religion freely‚ and to grow tobacco
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as a sailor was with Pedro Arias de Ávila to Central America in 1514. Hernando‚ Ponce de Leon and Francisco Companion conquered Nicaragua in 1524‚ and became the leading citizen of that country. He was the first Spaniard to meet the Inca leader Atahualpa. De Soto and 620 other men went south to Tampa Bay‚ Florida on May 30‚ 1539. They meet a former explorer from a failed mission that lived with the Indians for twelve years‚ he used the former explorer as an interpreter and meets Indian women who
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Test 1 Essays & Study Guide You will need to know 30 (Matching & True False‚ 2pts each) Mercantilism Reconquista Miles Standish George Whitefield Metacom’s War Edward Braddock Henry Hudson Puritans Roger Williams Hernan Cortez Atahualpa Jacques Cartier Christopher Columbus Powhatans Squanto Elizabeth I James Oglethorpe Maryland Georgia John White John Smith Jamestown St Augustine Roanoke Ponce de Leon Great Awakening Quakers Enlightenment Glorious Revolution
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return to Peru with 185 men at the perfect time because the Incan Empire which occupied Peru at that time had just had a civil war when she lives in Weak and vulnerable. This made it very easy for Pizarro to just walk in and take the Indian leader Atahualpa hostage. Despite being paid the ransom despair the leader’s life‚ they still killed him. Pizarro then Concord Cuzco‚ hey important Inca city‚ and founded the city of Lima. Pizarro was assassinated in 1541 after conflicts with Almagro over his one-time
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and not endure hell. While Columbus and Cortes were converting the Aztecs and Native Americans‚ Francisco Pizarro was tackling the Incas. Pizarro’s men massacred the Incas and the ones that were saved were forced to convert to Christianity after Atahualpa was murdered. Many different explorers all had the same goal‚ convert the natives. As well as forcing Christianity onto the indigenous people‚ they also introduced many new technologies to
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