Download Francisco Pizarro First Spanish Conquests: The

•Spanish soldiers who came to the New
World to help conquer and settle the Americas
for Spain.
•Some of their methods were harsh and
brutal especially to the Native American
population.
•With every Spanish explorer were
conquistadors and members of the Catholic
Church to convert Native Americans.
BALBOA (1475-1519)
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1500: sails to the New World searching for treasure
1511-1513: founds a colony in South America called Santa
Maria de la Antigua del Darien; marries the daughter of a
local Indian king
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leads an overland expedition killing hundreds of Indians along
the way
September 1513 sees the Pacific Ocean; claims the Pacific
Ocean and all land touching it for Spain (North & South America)
Spends one month conquering natives along the Pacific coast
stealing gold
Charged with treason and arrested by Pizarro; beheaded in
1519
BALBOA CLAIMING THE PACIFIC FOR SPAIN
First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs
Cortes conquered Aztec Empire in 1521
and took control of modern day Mexico.
vs.
Hernando Cortés
Montezuma II
CORTEZ (1485-1547)
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1504: arrives in Santo Domingo and lives there for 7 years
1511: takes part in Spanish conquest of Cuba
1519 - 1521: leads an expedition into Mexico
November 1519: reaches capital of Aztec Empire and meets
Montezuma
Aztecs probably thought Cortez was a God, so was treated well
at first. Cortez was afraid the Aztecs would eventually push him
out, so he took Montezuma as a hostage before he was forced
out of city.
May 1521 : After a series of negotiations, bloody battles &
retreats, Cortez leads a final assault on the Capital City.
3 months later, Cortez destroys the Aztec society; 100,000
Aztecs killed and builds Mexico City on the ruins of the old Aztec
Empire
First Spanish Conquests: The Incas
Pizarro conquered Incan Empire in modern day Peru in 1533
vs.
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
PIZARRO (1471-1541)
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1532 - 1533: lands in San Mateo Bay; travels over land
then arrives at Cajamarco (present day Peru)
Atahualpa was the 13th and last Emperor of the Incas and
has just won a civil war against his half-brother
Atahualpa invites Pizarro to a celebratory feast, but Pizarro
ambushes him and kills thousands of the Incan soldiers
before capturing & killing their leader, Atahualpa (de Soto is
with Pizarro)
Atahualpa offers a huge ransom for his own release; Pizarro
takes the money and has Atahualpa strangled anyway
Pizarro took huge amounts of gold & silver before
destroying the city
Pizarro then founded the city of Lima
DE SOTO (1500-1542)
1537 - 1542; Given rights by Spain to conquer
Florida and was named the Governor of Cuba
 May 30, 1539: begins expedition of the west
coast of Florida with 10 ships, 600 soldiers,
priests, and explorers, and 200 horses.
 Spends four years searching for gold & silver,
brutally capturing or killing native societies
 Dies in 1542 of disease & buried someplace
along the Mississippi River
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