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THE CONQUEST AND COLONISATION OF AMERICA, Coggle-ekin ondo konpondu naiz…

- - - - They had no immunity to them, many natives DIED
        
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        MEASLES
        
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    - - were conquered by small groups of CONQUISTADORES
        
        The conquest occurred rapidly for various reasons
        
        TACTICS
        
        INTERNAL CONFLICTS
        
        MILITARY EQUIPMENT
    - - were more difficult to conquer
        
        There were various reasons for this
        
        The societies were not hierarchical
        
        the leader would not work in attacks
        
        Their firearms and armour could not be used effectively
        
        They lived in small territories
      - MAPUCHE--> WERE NEVER CONQUERED
- - - - were used as a base --> the conquest’s major expeditions.
        
        THE CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE
        
        Hernán Cortés
        
        left Cuba in 1519
        
        headed to the coast (Mexico)
        
        he became allied with indigenous groups
        
        were suppressed by the Aztec
        
        was able to enter Tenochtitlán and capture Emperor Montezuma II
        
        The conquistadores final victory --> in 1521
        
        THE SOUTHERN PART OF TODAY'S UNITED STATES
        
        From Mexico
        
        explorers travelled to the southern part of today’s United States
        
        The expeditions of
        
        Vázquez de Coronado
        
        Juan de Oñate
        
        Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
        
        THE CONQUEST OF MAYAN CIVILISATION
        
        Pedro de Alvarado
        
        He left Mexico
        
        conquered the main Mayan cities
        
        Yucatan
        
        Honduras
        
        THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN REGIONS
        
        It was very difficult to occupy these regions
        
        because of the resistance of some tribus
        
        the Mapuche (Chile)
        
        the Guaraní tribes (Río de la Plata)
        
        Chile was conquered by Pedro Valdivia
        
        Regions of Paraguay and Río de la Plata were conquered by
        
        Pedro de Mendoza
        
        Juan de Ayolas
        
        Domingo Martínez de Irala
        
        THE CONQUEST OF THE INCA EMPIRE
        
        In 1531, this expedition was led by
        
        Francisco Pizarro
        
        Diego de Almagro
        
        They benefited from the Inca Civil War
        
        The conquistadores reached the heart of the Empire
        
        with 62 horsemen
        
        with 110 soldiers
        
        They captured Emperor Atahualpa
        
        They conquered Cuzco (the capital)