Spain Built An American Empire
Hernando Cortes
First, the Spanish had the advantage of supe-
rior weaponry. Secondly, Cortes was able to enlist the help of vary native groups. Thirdly, an the most important, the natives could do little to stop the invisible warrior that marched alongside the Spaniards-disease. Measles, mumps, smallpox, and typhus were just some of the diseases Europeans were to bring with them to the America's.
Mexico, Caribbean Islands
Francisco Pizzaro
Incan Empire, Cuzco, Guatemala, and Peru
Pizzaro wanted to be king so badly he even kidnapped the rulers of Peru
It was called the Encomienda
Cabral
The demand for sugar in Europe was
great, and the colony soon enriched Portugal. That was the change that Cabral made
Gold and Silver
Brazil
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
Coronado found little gold amidst the dry
deserts of the Southwest.
Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
He left a mark on the culture of North and South America
Pedro Peralta
He called New Mexico
In the next two decades, a string of Christian people rose the land
Pope'
The other
nations of Europe had begun to establish their own colonies in the Americas. When Pope came
Priests spoke out against the cruel treatment of natives. Also, they criticized the harsh pattern of labor that emerged under the Encomienda system.
He conquered the land of New Spain
The time of Hernando Cortes was 1519
The time was 1532
The time when Cabral was around 1500-1530
It was in 1540-1541
Pope's time was 1680
The time of Pedro Peralta was in the summer of 1609-1610
THESIS - We believe that the Age of Exploration was positive because if those explorers did not explore America our school would not be created, explorers got information about the rest of the world, Also, many advances were made in navigation and mapping which helped future explorers and travelers.
Jan's THESIS: The Age of Exploration was worth it because if it was not made, people could not explore other lands, also they could not find any information about other people, and most of all our American school would not be made if the Age of Exploration was not made.