CONQUEST IN THE AMERICAS
Bringing the Old World to the New
OBJECTIVES
Students will analyze the first encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans
Students will describe the short-term and long-term effects of the Spanish on the peoples of the Americas.
VOCABULARY
conquistador: Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 14th and 15th centuries
immunity: natural protection, resistance (to disease)
Tenochtitlán: capital city of the Aztec empire, on which modern Mexico City was built
alliance: formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense
civil war: war fought between two groups of people in the same nation
FIRST __________ IN THE __________
__________’ journey opened door for __________ exploration and __________ - begin cycle of encounter, __________ and __________
First __________ with native people found them to be ‘__________ with what they have’ - to a __________
But didn’t recognize __________ symbols and pay ‘proper __________’ - __________
Claimed land for __________ and took __________
After - waves of __________
Settled islands of __________, Cuba and Puerto Rico
__________, __________ & __________
__________ seized Native Americans’ gold __________ and forced
them to __________ for more; forced to __________ to Christianity
Massively __________ - __________ of Spanish; __________ of Native Americans
Advantage: __________ and cannons; metal __________; __________
__________: Unknowingly __________ and killed millions of
Native Americans who had no __________ to __________ like
__________ __________, __________, __________, etc.
__________ ARRIVES IN THE __________ __________
Eventually leave the islands of the __________ and probe the __________
One of the first was __________ __________ - 1519 landed on the coast of __________ with __________ men, __________ horses and a few __________
Begins drive towards __________ capital of Tenochtitlán
Gets aid of a local __________, named __________ (later called __________ __________) - serve as __________ and guide
Arrange __________ between people the __________ had conquered
__________ DILEMMA
__________ spread of Cortés arrival and __________ to the capital
Aztec __________ Moctezuma was worried that these pale-skinned, bearded strangers might be __________
Could __________ be this God? __________. Tried to __________ him off from coming to Tenochtitlán - __________ important
Cortés __________ to push on to reach Tenochtitlán - search for __________ & __________
TENOCHTITLÁN __________Moctezuma __________ Cortés to the city as __________
__________ rise - Spanish __________ Aztec __________ and want to convert
them; desire more of the __________
Spanish take Moctezuma __________ to force him to __________ over land and
__________ to the Spanish
Same time - __________ group of __________ arrive to the East to __________ Cortés
Aztecs drive __________ out of __________ in confusion; half the __________ killed
as well as __________
Cortés __________, regroups and __________ Tenochtitlán - __________ city
__________ __________ is big reason for it’s fall
__________ IN PERU
Cortés’s “__________” inspired other
__________ to pursue __________ and
__________
One such was Francisco __________ - interested in Peru’s __________ (reported
to be __________ than the Aztecs)
Arrived in Peru in __________ just after the
__________ ruler Atahualpa had won the
__________ in a bloody __________ war
ATAHUALPA __________ HIS GROUND
Atahualpa __________ to bow to Spanish rule or __________
Pizarro got __________ from __________ Native Americans, __________ Atahualpa and __________ thousands of Incans
Demanded a huge __________ for Atahualpa - Incans __________
__________ him anyway
Pizarro __________ Incan homeland - surge through __________ and __________; before long most all of __________ __________
Pizarro killed by rival __________ after he established __________ as a capital city
__________ OF THE __________ CONQUISTADORS
__________ for Spain - with all this __________ brought back from the New
World, Spain became the __________ in Europe in the __________ and early
__________ century
__________ populations - not so __________. __________ and
__________ had massively __________ their populations; __________ - convert to __________ through fear
__________ __________ has yet to be truly assessed
__________ for other nations in the path of European __________ - __________
__________ of cultures - sort of