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Spain Builds an American Empire - Coggle Diagram
Spain Builds an American Empire
Christopher Columbus starts his voyage from Spain in 1492
Colonies- lands controlled by another nation
Hernando Cortes- Colonized several Caribbean Islands
Conquistadors- Spanish Explorers
1519 Magellan embarked on his historic voyage
Cortes conquers the Aztecs
Francisco Pizarro- 1532 conquistador that marched a small force into South America
Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire
Atahualpa- Incan ruler
Mestizo- mixed Spanish and Native population
Spanish conquerers oppressed the Natives
1530, colonists began Brazil's coastal region
Newfound wealth in Spain ushered the Golden Age
1513 explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed modern day Florida for Spain, pushing it North
Spoke out against the encomienda system and abolished it in 1542
1493 Columbus encountered resistance to conquer present-day island of St. Croix
1680 a rebellion against the Spanish was led by Pope, a Pueblo
Amerigo Vespucci- Sailed from Spain to South America told Spanish monarchy that it was a new continent not just India
