1. Spain Claims an Empire Spain Claimed a LARGE empire in the Americas

2. Vocabulary and Key People Vocabulary Treaty of Tordesillas Mercantilism Conquistador Key Figures Hernando Cortes Montezuma Francisco Pizzaro

3. Trick or Treaty  The Line of Demarcation is Changed by the Treaty of Tordesillas  With Increased Expeditions Europe looked to:  Spread Christianity  Expand their Empires  Become Rich  Countries would use Mercantilism to gain Wealth, Raw Materials, and Trade Markets

4. Mercantilism  Increase Country's wealth by creating a FAVORABLE BALANCE OF TRADE  Countries must EXPORT more than they IMPORT  You can also take over lands to increase wealth and Profit

5. Around the world in ??? Days**  Amerigo Vespucci tries to find Sea Route to Asia and Provides details about the New World  Vasco Nunez de Balboa Finds way from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean through Panama  Ferdinand Magellan Led an Expedition that made it Around the World

6. Montezuma  Conquistadors explored, and conquered, the Americas  Hernando Cortes led the move to conquer the Aztec Empire  Forming alliances with enemies of the Aztecs, Cortes marched toward the Aztec Capital and their leader Montezuma

7. Revenge  Cortes and Montezuma saw a friendly relationship fall into fierce battles  After being pushed out of the Aztec empire Spain regrouped and marched toward Tenochtitlan  Spain would conquer the Aztec empire with the help of an invisible Weapon…Disease

8. Little Spanish Fleets  Francisco Pizarro Conquered the Powerful Inca Empire for Spain  Spanish Success in North America was cause by :  The Spread of European Diseases  Superior Sailors, Soldiers, and Weapons  Alliances with North American Enemies of Aztecs and Incas

9. Gold Rush  Spain Sets out to Find “Cities of Gold”  Spain would explore the Southwest, Southeast, and California looking for the City of Gold  While Spain explored North America, the rest of Europe would start expeditions to America

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