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The Conquests of Peru & Brazil

The Conquests of Peru & Brazil. Francisco Pizarro & Diego de Almagro. Business partners Based in Panama Embarked in 1531 with 180 men and 30 horses Inca Civil War. Atahualpa. Ransomed for 1.5 million pesos of gold and silver Put to death in 1533 Manco Inca & Vilcabamba.

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The Conquests of Peru & Brazil

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  1. The Conquests of Peru & Brazil

  2. Francisco Pizarro & Diego de Almagro • Business partners • Based in Panama • Embarked in 1531 with 180 men and 30 horses • Inca Civil War

  3. Atahualpa • Ransomed for 1.5 million pesos of gold and silver • Put to death in 1533 • Manco Inca & Vilcabamba

  4. Changes in Peru • Lima • 100 encomiendasintially • 1542 = 467 encomenderos collecting 1.2 million pesos every year

  5. Civil War • Almagro vs. Francisco, Gonzalo, Hernando Pizarro • Lasted approximately 10 years • Ended with Gonzalo’s execution in 1548

  6. Viceroy Francisco de Toledo • 1569 – 1581 • Reduced the power of the encomenderos • Congregaciòn, corregidores • 1.5 million Andeans affected

  7. Settlement of Brazil • Pedro Alvares Cabral, 1500 • Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 • Brazilwood

  8. São Vicente & São Paulo • 400 Portuguese officials, gentlemen, laborers, soldiers, priests, & a few wives settle on São Vicente • Mainland colony of São Paulo • Mamelucos

  9. Donatary System • 14 captaincies • Only 2 prospered • Pernambuco = start of sugar empire • 1560 = 60 sugar mills • 1610 = 650 sugar mills

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