Spain Carves Out an American Empire
What Are Spain’s 3 Goals in America?
Spain’s Empire
The Conquest of Peru
Who does Francisco Pizzaro attack?
Within 50 years of Columbus running into the New World Spain had
accomplished two things.
What made his capture of the Incas fairly easy?
1)
The Conquest of Mexico
Pizzaro captured the Incan leader, held him ransomed, the
Incans paid the ransom. What did Pizzaro do?
2)
ConquistadorsHernan Cortes went if search of?
Why did he want to find them?
Other Conquistadors
What does Ponce de Leon search for?
The Aztecs were a war-like tribe that had conquered many of
their neighbors, as a result, it was easy for Cortes to persuade
other native groups to help him attack the Aztecs.
Where did he search?
Cortes captures the Aztec leader named:
He has the leader tell his people to load gold onto the Spanish
ships. However, when he tried to convert he Aztecs to Christianity, what did they do?
Cortes regroups, and with just 600 men (greatly outnumbered)
he defeats that Aztecs. What three things allowed Cortes to
defeat the Aztecs?
What did De Soto, Coronado, and Cabrillo search
for?
What did Cabrillo accomplish?
Did Spain meet all three of its Goals
in the Americas?