1. Conquest in America Chapter 3 Section 1 Objectives
Analyze the results of the first encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans
Explain how Cortés and Pizarro gained control of the Aztec and Incan Empires
Understand the short and long term effects of the Spanish on the peoples of the Americas

2. I. Conquistadors What are Conquistadors? Spanish Explorers
They were searching for Gold
Advantages
Guns vs. Arrows
Metal Armor vs. Padding
Horses vs. Nothing
Disease
Small pox
Measles
Influenza
Natives had no immunities to these diseases

3. II. Hernando Cortés 1519 Montezuma Lands on the coast of Mexico
Moves to Tenochtitlan
Aztec Capital
Montezuma
Aztec Emperor
Thought Cortés was Quetzalcoatl
The pale skinned, bearded god from the east

4. Tenochtitlan Falls Montezuma welcomes Cortés into the city
Montezuma is then imprisoned
Cortés forced Montezuma to sign over his land and treasures to the Spanish
New conquistadors challenge Cortés
Leads to battle
Aztecs push out the Spanish
Cortés returns with new Indian allies, destroys Tenochtitlan
Mexico City is raised on its ruins

5. III. Pizarro and Peru Francisco Pizarro Interested in the Inca Empire
Atahualpa
Incan King
Refused to convert to Christianity
Pizarro Captured him and slaughtered thousands of Incas
Pizarro demanded a huge ransom for the Incan King
It was paid, and Pizarro killed him anyways
Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas led to huge land holdings for the Spanish in South America

6. IV. The Effects of the Spanish Conquistadors
End of the World
To some, the coming of the Spanish marked the end of the world
Conversions
Christianity was showing to be stronger
The Christian God was more powerful than the Native gods
The idea of “If you can’t beat them, join them”
Convert and their sufferings would end