THE SPANISH FOLLOWED THE PORTUGUESE IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
LOOKING FOR A WESTERN ROUTE TO ASIA
SPANISH HAD GREATER RESOURCES -> GREATER OVERSEAS EMPIRE
ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO SAILED FOR SPAIN
SPONSORED BY QUEEN ISABELLA THE NINA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA REACHES LAND IN CARIBEAN IN 1492 ->
THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA/ASIA -> CALLED NATIVES”INDIANS”
JOHN CABOT -
PEDRO CABRAL -
AMERIGO VESPUCCI -
BALBOA -
FERDINAND MAGELLAN -
THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS -
SPANISH CONQUISTADORS -> GLORY, GREED, RELIGIOUS ZEAL
PRIVATELY ORGANIZED
SUPERIOR WEAPONS, ORGANIZED, DETERMINED
RIVALRIES AMONG NATIVE PEOPLES
HERNAN CORTES/CORTEZ
MOCTEZUMA/MONTEZUMA
SPANISH ALLIANCES WITH NEIGHBORING
TRIBES
SMALLPOX
CORTES MEETING MONTEZUMA
THE INCA EMPIRE CUZCO FRANCISCO PIZARRO SMALLPOX ATAHUALPA 1535 THE SPANISH HAD CONQUERED
THE INCA -> NEW COLONY ESTABLISHED WITH CAPITAL AT LIMA
ENCOMIENDA PATERNALISM FORCED LABOR, STARVATION, DISEASE 30-40% OF NATIVES DIE BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS VICEROY SPANISH COLONIES = NEW SPAIN + PERU AUDIENCIAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE NEW
WORLD