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Conquest of Aztecs and Incas
What drove Spaniard’s to
adventure onto the mainland of the
Americas?
Conquistadors
• Spanish conquerors
• Came for _______,_______,________ and
adventure
• __________________—arrives in
Mexico/conquerors Aztecs
• Supplies 11 ships, 508 soldiers, 2 priests,
16 horses, and several small cannons
How was Cortes able to conquer
the Aztecs?
• Malinche– a young India woman helped
translate and advise Cortes
• From Malinche, Cortes finds that many
Indians hate the Aztec overloads
• Cortes gets these Indians to fight against
the overlords.
Aztec sacrifices
• Indians sacrificed
thousands of
captives, so there was
a lot of discontent.
• ________________—
•
leader of the Aztecs,
believes Cortes to be
a god or a messenger
of the gods
Sends ambassadors
with gold and other
gifts hoping they will
leave.
• Aztecs drive Spanish out in a battle that
wounds ½ of Cortes’ men
• Cortes’ retreats to plan
• Aztecs resist until almost everyone has
been killed or died of small pox
• Montezuma dies, probably stoned to
death.
New Leader
• Aztec’s lead by Cuahtemoc(kwah-Taymok) for about 3 months, then Cortes
takes over
Conquest of the Incas
Pizzarro in Peru
• Cortes inspires others
• ______________________—ruler of the
Incas
• Lots of civil war
• Pizarro unites to capture Athualpa
Ransom
• Pizzaro promises to set Atahualpa free if
he gives him a room of gold.
• Once gold is collected
•
•
•
Pizarro has Athualupa
strangled.
1/5 th of the gold is sent
to Spain
The rest is divided among
men
Pizarro assassinated in
arguments over gold
Reasons for Victory
• ______________________________
• _____________________ among Indians
• _____________________ killed off many
• Superstitions---gods had abandoned them
Later Spanish Explorers
Hernando de Soto and Francisco
Coronado
Hernando de Soto
• First to see the
_________________
River
Francisco Coronado
• First to see the
__________________
______