1. The Extermination of The Incas
Brendan Helms

2. Clip

3. Background 1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola
1520 Cortes conquers Aztecs in Mexico

4. The Inca Empire Located in Modern Day Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador
and Argentina
In 1532, ruler was Atahualpa
Conquered by Spanish
Conquistador Francisco Pizarro
Capital City was Cusco

5. CuSco

6. Conquistadors
Hernan Cortes conquers Aztec Empire in 1521, discovering gold treasures
Cortes is declared ruler of New Spain, he and Spain become incredibly wealthy
Francisco Pizarro sees opportunity with the Incas and goes to take their gold as well
Pizarro brings with him Hernando De Soto
Cortes
Pizarro
De Soto

7. Pizarro in Peru Lands at Tumbez, 1532
Splits into two groups, De Soto to coastal Sierra, Pizarro inland
Everywhere Pizarro went villagers were converted to Christianity
sets up settlement of San Miguel
Natives serve as the labor force for the town
Marches out to meet with Inca King Atahualpa

8. caxamalca
Envoys invite Pizarro to the Inca Royal Army encampment at Caxamalca
A catholic friar requests Atahualpa to respect and submit to the authority of god
Pizarro orders his ambush to attack
No Spanish soldiers are killed and Atahualpa is captured

9. Spanish Rule of Peru Encomiendas 1536-37 Indian Revolt
Immigration from Europeans
Slave Trade
Casta System:
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Mulatos
Negros

10. The Spanish Empire
Conquering Florida, Central, and South America makes Spain the richest and most powerful country in the world
“The Sun never sets on the Spanish Empire”

11. Sources
Columbus Genocide:
Cortes conquers the Aztecs: spanish-conquistadors-in-the-conquest-of-aztec
Map of the Incan Empire:
Cusco pictures: report/ /
Conquistador Portraits:
Pizarro being bowed to: cortez.html
Caxamalca Image: history.com/?c=read&author=towle&book=pizarro&story=cuzco
Spanish Empire map: icu%C3%B1a_of_the_East).png
Lockhart, James. Spanish Peru, : A Social History. Madison, WI.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton &, 1998.
Prescott, William Hickling. Conquest of Peru. New York: Book League of America.