Spain Established a Large Empire in the Americas Spain Builds an Empire Spain Established a Large Empire in the Americas

Vocabulary and Key Terms Conquistadores Encomienda System Plantations Key Figures Hernan Cortes Moctezuma II Francisco Pizarro Bartolome de Las Cases

Montezuma’s Revenge Spain Sends Conquistadors, Including Hernan Cortes to Conquer New Lands in America Cortes Targets Moctezuma’s Aztec Empire due to the large amounts of Gold and Silver, and the potential for converting them to Christianity Cortes Planned to use Superior weapons, and enemies of the Aztecs to conquer the empire While welcomed at first, Cortez would Seize Tenochtitlan and kill Moctezuma and the other Aztecs

Pizarro WOrld Francisco Pizarro would lead about 400 men to conquer the Incas near present day Chile With Better Weapons, and Allies who were enemies of the Incas, Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire In TWO conquests the Spanish would kill 75% of the Aztec and Incan through Battle and Disease

Hitting the open road Spain began to settle their New Empire, New Spain, And limited settling to Spanish Christians Spain created the Viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain to govern the new Lands New Spain settled Pueblos(trading posts), Missions, and Presidios(military bases) to organize society The Spanish later created “the Royal Road” to help connect New Spain

DE Explorers of De Day Ponce de Leon conquered Present Day Puerto Rico and would discover the coast of Florida Hernando de Soto explored lands including Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas, the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River

A Bad “Vaca” Tion Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and Panfilo de Narvaez set out to explore the southwest but encountered Severe weather and Death After being captured by, and escaping, the Native Americans they would return to Mexico De Vaca would work for better treatment of the Native Americans, but his works would also inspire other explorers to head to North America Francisco Vasquez de Coronado would explore New Mexico, Arizona, and the Grand Canyon then work his way through Texas Kansas and Oklahoma

Leaving a Better Life Behind Peninsulares were rewarded for settling in the New Lands with the Encomienda System which would turn Native Americans into Slaves Plantations, and Haciendas, would force the Native Americans to Work the Fields, Raise Livestock, and mine for gold Catholic Missionaries would try to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism, but many would resist Others, like Bartolome de Las Cases, would urge settlers to treat Native Americans more peacefully but those Laws were Mainly Ignored

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