The Extermination of The Incas Brendan Helms

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Background 1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola 1520 Cortes conquers Aztecs in Mexico

The Inca Empire Located in Modern Day Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina In 1532, ruler was Atahualpa Conquered by Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro Capital City was Cusco

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Conquistadors Hernan Cortes conquers Aztec Empire in 1521, discovering gold treasures Cortes is declared ruler of New Spain, he and Spain become incredibly wealthy Francisco Pizarro sees opportunity with the Incas and goes to take their gold as well Pizarro brings with him Hernando De Soto Cortes Pizarro De Soto

Pizarro in Peru Lands at Tumbez, 1532 Splits into two groups, De Soto to coastal Sierra, Pizarro inland Everywhere Pizarro went villagers were converted to Christianity sets up settlement of San Miguel Natives serve as the labor force for the town Marches out to meet with Inca King Atahualpa

caxamalca Envoys invite Pizarro to the Inca Royal Army encampment at Caxamalca A catholic friar requests Atahualpa to respect and submit to the authority of god Pizarro orders his ambush to attack No Spanish soldiers are killed and Atahualpa is captured

Spanish Rule of Peru Encomiendas 1536-37 Indian Revolt Immigration from Europeans Slave Trade Casta System: Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulatos Negros

The Spanish Empire Conquering Florida, Central, and South America makes Spain the richest and most powerful country in the world “The Sun never sets on the Spanish Empire”

Sources Columbus Genocide: http://espressostalinist.com/genocide/native-american-genocide/ Cortes conquers the Aztecs: http://www.magnoliabox.com/art/288972/cortes-leads-his- spanish-conquistadors-in-the-conquest-of-aztec Map of the Incan Empire: https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/FEN_j2JFC3z1jQ/inca-empire Cusco pictures: http://www.incapoint.com/, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/147674/Cuzco, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco, http://realtybiznews.com/research-and-markets- report/9874304/ Conquistador Portraits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s, http://pizarrobrb.weebly.com/thesistopics.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto Pizarro being bowed to: http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com/2012/07/fransisco-pizarro-hernan- cortez.html Caxamalca Image: http://www.heritage- history.com/?c=read&author=towle&book=pizarro&story=cuzco Spanish Empire map: http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/File:Spanish_Empire_Anachronous_Post_Westphalia_(V icu%C3%B1a_of_the_East).png Lockhart, James. Spanish Peru, 1532-1560: A Social History. Madison, WI.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton &, 1998. Prescott, William Hickling. Conquest of Peru. New York: Book League of America.