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Spanish conquest of America
CARIBBEAN CONQUEST
Spanish conquest and colonization began in:
Canarias
Española (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
20% of gold given to the Spanish Kingdom.
Diseases: smallpox, measles, flu, thypus, bubonic plague.
Devastating death: 95% of the pre-Columbian indigenous population.
CONQUEST IN OTHER
PARTS OF AMERICA
INCA EMPIRE
In 1532 the Inca Empire was conquered by Francisco Pizarro with the help of indigenous allies
Cajarma's meeting
Kidnapped Emperor Atahualpa in exchange for gold and silver.
NIGHT OF SORROWS
Hernán Cortés and his army fought their way out of the Mexican capital Tenochtitlan. Mexicas killed 900 Spanish and 1000 Indigenous allies
1521
Cortés attacked Tenochtitlan by water and land in April 1521300 Spanish survivors and 15,000 Indigenous allies August, 1521 Tenochtitlan was destroyed
CONQUEST OF MEXICO
DIEGO DE VELÁSQUEZ
Governor of Cuba
Sent an expedition to Mexico in 1519
HERNÁN CORTÉS
Coast Yucatán - MexicoYucatán provided him with food, suppliesWomen as an interpreter: "La Malinche"
MOCTEZUMA
Granted gold objects as gifts to the Spanish.Prisoner of Hernán Cortés