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  1. Launch List • 1. Have your Homework on your desk to be collected. • 2. Be ready to discuss the following • What were the names of the 3 civilizations in Central and South America? • What are Conquistadors?

  2. Section I: Conquest in the Americas 1. Spanish soldiers reached the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, and within a few years had captured and destroyed the Aztec empire and built a new city. 2. In the West Indies the Tainos were friendly and generous toward the Spanish and gave them food and goods to survive.

  3. Conquest in the Americas (continued) 3. Spanish conquistadors, or conquerors, settled on the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. 4. Seized the gold ornaments, enslaved the Natives to make them pan for more gold, and to convert to Christianity.

  4. Diseases 5. A deadly but invisible invader was at work- diseases like smallpox, measles, and influenza to which Native Americans had no immunity. 6. The Native American population declined by as much as 90%

  5. Smallpox Victim

  6. Conquistadors • Explorers spread stories of empires rich in gold, attracted by the promise of riches as well as by religious zeal

  7. Conquistadors

  8. Conquistadors 7. Hernando Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519 and headed inland toward Tenochtitlan. 8. By 1521 Cortes and his men defeated the Aztec civilization.

  9. Tenochtitlan

  10. Cortes and Montezuma

  11. Conquistadors (continued) 9. Aztec emperor Montezuma sent gifts of gold, silver, and precious stones while urging the strangers not to continue. 10. Cortes destroyed the city and built Mexico City in its place.

  12. The Fall of Tenochtitlan

  13. Conquistadors (continued) 11. Francisco Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532, captured and killed Incan ruler Atahualpa as well as thousands of others.

  14. 1. Inca Empire: 1200 AD – 1535 AD • where? – South America along Pacific Ocean.

  15. 2. Inca Empire: 1200 AD – 1535 AD Built vast network of roads

  16. 1532- Pizarro Defeats the Incas

  17. 1532- Pizarro Defeats the Incas

  18. Movie Clip • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnDpIWwg_H8&feature=player_embedded

  19. Reasons for Victory Why did the mighty Aztecs and Incas fall so rapidly? 1.) Superior military technology - Spanish horses, muskets and cannons, metal helmets and armor scared the Native Americans. 2.) Division and discontent among the Indians.

  20. Reasons for Victory (continued) 3.) Diseases brought by the Europeans - thousands died, the bewildered and demoralized survivors felt that their gods had deserted them. 4.) Indians believed that the disasters they suffered marked the end of the world.

  21. Aztec Population

  22. Section II: Remaking the Americas • to build an American empire, the Spanish set out to impose their culture, language, religion, and way of life. • in the 1500s Spain claimed an empire stretching from California to South America.

  23. Spanish Empire

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