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The conquest and colonisation of America - Coggle Diagram
The conquest and colonisation of America
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONQUEST
Spanish's justification was to convert people in Christianity
The resistance of the tribes was weakened because of infectious diseases introduced
flu
measles
smallpox
typhus
Small groups that conquere large empires
Tactics.
Internal conflicts
Military equipment
Some indigenes tribes were never conquered
Reasons for that
No hierarchicals
Not firearms because of the humidity
They lived in small territories so were more difficult to conquered
The conquistadores
Iberian military adventurers
KEY CONQUESTS
Until the year 1515
The Castilian's only occupated Caribbean islands and Isthmus of Panama
The conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hérnan cortes went from Cuba to Mexico in 1519
Had their final victory in 1521
The southern part of today’s United States
From Mexico to souther United States
The important expeditions were:
Vázquez de Coronado
Juan de Oñate
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
The conquest of the Mayan civilisation
Pedro de Alvarado left Mexico
Then, conquered the main Mayan cities
The conquest of the southern regions
Difficult to conquered because of the resistance of Mapuche and Guarani tribes
Chile was finally conquered by Pedro Valdivia
Rio de plata also was conquered by
Pedro de Mendoza
Juan de Ayolas
Domingo Martínez de Irala
The conquest of the Inca Empire
led by Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, in 1531
They benefited from Inca Civil War
They captured Emperor Atahualpa, and conquered Cuzco
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
conquered American territories became part of the Crown of Castilla.
CABILDOS
Were councils
The first were established Canary Islands.
local power and jurisdiction
economic
judicial
administrative
VICEROYALTIES
After the conquest of the pre-Columbian empires
In the XVI century
the Viceroyalties were created
New Spain (1535)
Peru (1543)
CASA DE CONTRATACIÓN (1503)
Created to control
The explotation
Colonisation
Trade
COUNCIL OF THE INDIES (1511)
Supreme governing body of Spain’s colonies in America
Here were written the laws that governed America
AUDIENCIAS
these were the highest judicial institutions
The first
Santo Domingo (1511)
Another 11
Between XVI-XVII centuries
FLOTAS DE INDIA
Was a system