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What were the effects of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas (Disease…

- - - - flu-like
      - rash
        
        First appears on face, hands and forearms
        
        later on torso
  - - - Cough
      - Runny nose
      - Inflamed eyes
      - Sore throat
      - Fever
      - Red blotchy skin rash
  - - - Swollen and painful salivary glands
      - Fever
      - headache
      - Fatigue
      - Appetite loss
  - - - itchy blister like rash on skin
- - - - silver mines found in mount Potosí
        
        enslaved heaps of people and adopted the Incan mit'a system. over 150,000 tonnes of silver was found and mined in the 16th to 18th century (or 80% of the worlds supply) this made Spain the richest nation in Europe at the time.
  - - - The system used to teach indigenous Spanish and convert none Catholics to Catholics. Encomieda also put an end to all Aztecs rituals and religious beliefs, including human sacrifices.
  - - - slaves made from captured Aztecs and Incas
    - - slaves brought over to the Americas as they were cheap and popular in Europe
- - - - potato
      - sweet potato
      - maize
      - cassava
    - - tomatoes
      - chilli peppers
      - cacao
      - pineapple
    - - peanuts
- - - - more advanced weaponry
      - 80,000 - 200,000 natives
      - 90 - 100 cavalry
      - 900 - 1,300 infantry
    - - casualties
        
        450 - 860 Spaniards
        
        2,000 Tlaxcallans
    - - Hernan Cortez
      - Cristóbal De Olid
      - Gonzalo De Sandoval
    - - tribe of Tlaxcala
      - tribe of Texcoco
  - - - Moctezuma II
      - Cuauhtémoc
        
        cousin of Moctezuma II that was elected after Moctezuma was killed
    - - 100,000 - 300,000 warriors
    - - fought to capture not to kill