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THE CONQUEST AND COLONISATION OF AMERICA, - - Coggle Diagram
THE CONQUEST AND COLONISATION OF AMERICA
Character of colonisation
American
coast had been
discovered
The
indigenous
peoples
refused to give up their customs
The
resistance
of the
large
empires
and
smaller
tribes was
weakened
by
infectious **
diseases**
they had
no
immunity
to them, so many
natives
died
The large empires were conquered by small groups of conquistadores
Tactics
The
indigenous
empires
had rigid,
hierarchical
societies.
Internal conflicts.
he
indigenous **
peoples
in America had
suppressed
other
tribes
to
gain
**power
,
Military equipment
The
conquistadores
used
firearms
,
metal
armour and horses.
The indigenous
tribes
, on the
other
hand
, were more
difficult
to
conquer
.
Their
societies
were not
hierarchica
rainforests
, the
conquistadores
’
firearms
and
armour
could not be used
effectively
.
Key conquest
year
1515
, the
Castilian
occupation
had been
limited
to the
Caribbean
islands
and the
Isthmus
of
Panama
.
The conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
left
Cuba
in
1519
and
headed
to the
coast
of what is now
Mexico
The southern part of today’s United States
From Mexico, explorers
travelled
to the
southern
part of today’s
United States.
he conquest of the Mayan civilisation
Pedro de Alvarado left
Mexico and
conquered
the
main **
Mayan
cities
in
Yucatán
and
Honduras**.
he conquest of the southern regions
It was very
difficult
to
occupy
these
regions
because of the
resistance
of the
Mapuche
(
Chile
) and the
Guaraní
tribes (
Río de la Plat
a).
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