Francisco Pizarro Research Paper

Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain, in 1476. He was born into a family of farmers, who were, uneducated, and poor. Ever since Francisco was young he always dreamed of going to the new world. In 1513, Francisco left on his first voyage with Balboa. The expedition led to the discover of the Pacific Ocean. After their discovery, Francisco arrested Balboa under the orders Pedro Arias de Ávila, who was the Governor of Castilla de Oro. Francisco then moved to Panama City, where he became mayer. After living in Panama for a few years Francisco began his expedition against the Inca’s. Pizarro led three expeditions against the Inca’s, The first two failed, due to lack of provisions and men, but the third proved to be successful. During the war, Francisco allied with a man named Diego de Almagro and a priest named Hernando de Luque. The war lasted seven years, and both sides suffered severely. About six years into the war, Pizarro invited the Inca emperor(whose name was Atahualpa) to a feast, in his fort, in his honor. Atahualpa consented and once he enters the fort he and his army of six thousand is ambushed. The emperor was taken captive and Pizarro ransoms Atahualpa,
but executes him anyway. After the execution of Atahualpa the rest of the He then established the city of Lima where he builds a palace, and makes himself governor over the land he conquered. Almagro then revolts against Pizarro but is executed. But in 26 June 1541, Pizarro’s palace was stormed by twenty heavily armed supporters of Diego de Almagro II, which assassinated Pizarro.
One word that I think best describes Francisco Pizarro is determined.
He led two unsuccessful expeditions against the Incas. By the time he was ready for the third, a lot of people lost confidence in him. He also had to fight a seven year war with an enemy who had fifty thousand soldiers, when he only had less than two hundred soldiers, and hostile allies. I want to be more determined when I work on homework, and goals. Too often I find myself saying, “I’ll do it later”. I now realize how important determination is in this life. Without it, the world definitely be different. We need to keep learning our church and the many truths we learn from the scriptures. But, we have to be careful when we try learn the truth. There is a lot we can learn from Francisco Pizarro and like him we can be
determined.