P = Purpose(s) of reading material – I believe the purpose of this reading material was to give us a better understanding of what life was like for the Native Americans before the conquistadors arrived. This is described in the later part of the first chapter in Restall & Fernandez-Armesto’s The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction. I think the authors would also like us to see that not everything in the conquistador’s letters was necessarily and completely true. They embellished facts to
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Conquistadors are ones who conquer. During the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries‚ conquistadors conquered many areas of the world such as Europe‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. They were primarily set out to conquer from Spain‚ there were many from Portugal as well. The conquistadors were men who were soldiers‚ explorers and adventurers. They were well trained and well equipped with fire arms and weaponry. In order to conquer an area these conquistadors must be prepared to battle with the people of the
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people are asked‚ “who were the Conquistadors and what did they do?” One may respond‚ “Conquistadors came from Spain and settled the Americas.” An answer such as that may suffice and is factual. However‚ the Conquistadors were more than settlers‚ their name‚ translated from the Spanish‚ literally means conqueror. They were on a mission from Spain to settle Mesoamerica and spread Christianity‚ but most Conquistadors desired fortune and fame. First‚ Conquistadors were much more than Spanish settlers;
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Francisco Pizarro Spanish Class Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Extremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1475 and passed away on June 26‚ 1541. He was a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima‚ Peru. This is why he was best known as the Spaniard who conquered the Incas. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry. His mother was Francisca González Mateos‚ a poor woman from Trujillo. His parents never got married; he was brought
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army of 80‚000 Native Americans? Well in the year 1532‚ a Spanish conquistador known as Francisco Pizarro invaded the New World. He quickly got into a conflict with the largest state of the New World and managed to capture the absolute monarch‚ Atahuallpa. Francisco charged a ransom for his release and even after the ransom was given‚ he killed Atahuallpa. They were defeated and this cycle was continued by more Spanish conquistadors until the Native Americans were completely defeated. The Europeans
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journalist who was acquitted of slander because he told the truth _____18. religious movement during the 1740s that started many colleges _____19. imaginary line that separates land granted to the Portuguese and the Spanish _____20. system where conquistadors demanded labor and taxes from Native Americans _____21. people with Native American and Spanish parents _____22. upper-class members of society in Southern colonies _____23. raised money for voyages by promising wealth to potential investors
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Hernando Cortez Was Hernando Cortez a good or evil man? This debate has been argued over the years and still is today. Those who say Cortez is an evil man seem to focus singularly on the actions that the great Spanish conquistador has inflicted upon the Aztecs and the surrounding Indians. Not once do they look at the reasons why he performed the actions that many say were horrible acts of violence and manslaughter. These accusations of greed and murder of the Aztecs‚ as well as his own against
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Who is Francisco Pizarro: Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the New World. There are many conquistadors before the discovery of the new world. However‚ the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born between sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro‚ Gonzalez‚ is the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition‚ there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove a fact. So‚ who is Francisco
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CHAPTER 2 : EXPLORING THE AMERICAS VOCABULARY 1. CRUSADES – A series of 9 conflicts between Christians and __________________________ between 1095 and 1291 for control of the “Holy Land‚” or ________________________. These conflicts brought western Europeans into contact with the Middle East‚ as well as into contact with Arab merchants and ________________________ goods from as far away as India and China. 2. MARCO POLO – A _______________________________ adventurer from Venice‚ Italy
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of the people did it for the gold. With just a few hundred men‚ the Spanish were able to bring down and control the mighty Aztec and Inca‚ powerful Empires with armies in the thousands. How were they able to do it? The weapons and armor of the conquistadors had a lot to do with their success. Columbus and his followers came to the New World and their visit caused a lot of negative effects and even some positive effects. The arrival of Columbus in the New World brought about several introductions
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