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spain builds an american empire - Coggle Diagram
spain builds an american empire
2nd voyage of columbus
he went back with the discovery and monarch was very happy about it. they funded for more trips but these time as a empire builder.
He carried 17 ships with over a thousand soldiers , making the caribbean region colonies
1st voyage of columbus
oct 12, 1492 columbus found the land after months of sailing
he thought that the land is India but turns out it isnt.
He named the land San Salvador
Hernando cortez
when megellan going further west, he landed on land of mexico and looking to colonize and claim more land in america mainland, being the first to colonize america and left a strong culture influence.
1520 cortez came to the aztec in search of gold, but they didnt recieve enough and they killed many aztecs.
other people
1501 vespucci goes along the cost of SA, and returned to europe mapping a new world rather than asia
Magellan sailed across SA to find further west
Megellan
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Diseases
Spanishs also brought diseases. the natives doesnt have any natural immunes on them so these diseases like small pox and typhus killed hundreds of thousands.
expansion
through 1510s to 1610s the spanish expanded more of the america land including the southern part of now day USA, new mexico, texas and kansas
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