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Portugal Takes To The Sea:
Spanish In Peru:
Influence Expands:
Opposition to Spanish Rule:
- 1500- Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral reached the shores of Brazil and claimed the land for Portugal
- A year later Amerigo Vespucci also traveled along the eastern coast of South America
- In 1519 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the boldest exploration, he convinced the king of Spain to fund his voyage into the newly discovered ocean
- Spain In Mexico:
- 1519- Spaniard named Hernando Cortes landed on the shores of Mexico, he colonized several Caribbean islands
- Spanish then turned attention to the American mainland
- These Spanish explorers were known as conquistadors (conquerors)
- Conquistadors started colonies in regions that would become Mexico, South America, and the U.S
- The Spanish were the first European settlers in the Americas
- The Spanish greatly enriched their empire and left a mark on cultures of North and South America
- Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1521 when he learned of their vast wealth, he took advantage of the fact that the Aztecs mistook him for a God
Spanish In Peru:
- 1532- Francisco Pizarro marched a small force into South America, he conquered the Incan Empire
- Pixarro and his army met the Inca ruler, Atahualpa, near city of Cajamarca
- Atahualpa brought around 30,00 men with him (mostly unarmed)
- Spaniards waited, they then ambushed and crushed the Incan force and kidnapped Atahualpa
- The Spaniards accepted the Inca's ransom and then murdered Atahualpa
- Pizarro then marched the Incan capital and captured it in 1533
Influence Expands:
- Spain’s colonies made it the richest and most powerful nation in the world during 16th century
- The Spanish also strengthened their other military forces
- Conquistadors pushed north
- 1540-spanish again looked to the land that is now the United States
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado searched for another wealthy empire to conquer
- Coronado found little gold amidst the dry desert
Opposition to Spanish Rule:
- Opposition to Spanish method of colonization came from Spanish priests and from natives
- In the end of the 17th century natives in New Mexico fought Spanish rule
- In 1680 a Pueblo ruler led a rebellion against the Spanish
- This rebellion, involving more than 8,000 warriors, drove the Spanish back into New Spain
- For the next 12 years this land belonged to it’s natives inhabitants, until Spain gained control again