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Spain builds an American Empire (Hernando Cortes (Spanish changed the…
Spain builds an American Empire
Hernando Cortes
Spanish changed the culture.
The Spanish had the advantage of superior weaponry, Cortes was able to enlist the help of various native groups and convinced them to fight on his side, the natives could do little to stop the invisible warrior, finally, he got the help of a woman translator to know that the natives hated Aztecs and their performances, natives also had diseases to bring to the America's/US.
Conquered Mexico and Caribbean Islands in 1519.
Franciso Pizarro
Conquered the Incan Empire, Maya in Yucatan, and Guatemala.
Change: Forced natives to work.
The name of the system to force Native Americans to work the land was called "encomienda".
Cabral
They conquered Brazil.
Evidence of Change: They stetted many land for sugar production.
The product that enriched Portugal during the setting of Brazil was the sugar that was produced.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
He conquered the US, Peru, and Mexico.
The consequences of his expedition was the Spanish monarchy assigned mostly priests explore and colonize the future of the US.
Pedro Peralta
Change evidence: is Advancing the Catholic Region by scattered forts and missions.
Conquered New Mexico.
Pope
Conquered the America's/ the US.
Evidence of change: They criticised the harsh pattern of labor under encomidena.
Critical Thinking: Because of the encomienda system.
Thesis
The age of exploration was not worth it because the process of encomienda, people died, and most of all, kidnapping people.