 THE SPANISH FOLLOWED THE PORTUGUESE IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION  LOOKING FOR A WESTERN ROUTE TO ASIA  SPANISH HAD GREATER RESOURCES -> GREATER OVERSEAS EMPIRE

 ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO SAILED FOR SPAIN  SPONSORED BY QUEEN ISABELLA  THE NINA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA  REACHES LAND IN CARIBEAN IN > THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA/ASIA -> CALLED NATIVES”INDIANS”

 JOHN CABOT -  PEDRO CABRAL -  AMERIGO VESPUCCI -  BALBOA -  FERDINAND MAGELLAN -  THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS -

 SPANISH CONQUISTADORS -> GLORY, GREED, RELIGIOUS ZEAL  PRIVATELY ORGANIZED  SUPERIOR WEAPONS, ORGANIZED, DETERMINED  RIVALRIES AMONG NATIVE PEOPLES

 THE MAYA  THE AZTECS 

 HERNAN CORTES/CORTEZ  MOCTEZUMA/ MONTEZUMA  SPANISH ALLIANCES WITH NEIGHBORING TRIBES  SMALLPOX CORTES MEETING MONTEZUMA

 THE INCA EMPIRE  CUZCO  FRANCISCO PIZARRO  SMALLPOX  ATAHUALPA  1535 THE SPANISH HAD CONQUERED THE INCA -> NEW COLONY ESTABLISHED WITH CAPITAL AT LIMA

 ENCOMIENDA  PATERNALISM  FORCED LABOR, STARVATION, DISEASE  30-40% OF NATIVES DIE  BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS  VICEROY  SPANISH COLONIES = NEW SPAIN + PERU  AUDIENCIAS  THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE NEW WORLD