1. How did Spain Colonize the Americas?
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2. Spanish Exploration & COnquest
Conquistadors took lead
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizzaro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Pedro de Peralta
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3. Cortes and Aztec Empire
Spain first colonized the Caribbean region
Hernando Cortes later Conquered Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan
He was helped by some native peoples who resented the Aztec
Surprise, diseases and superior weapons helped Spanish win over the Aztec in 1521.
The Colony of New Spain was established.
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4. Spanish Pattern of Conquest
Spanish men lived among Native Americans
They married native women
Children born were called Mestizos
Spanish used forced labor from the Native Americans
Encomienda system was established
1542 encomienda was abolished and Africans were brought as slave laborers.
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5. Northern Spanish Colonies
Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida in 1513
1562 Spain abandoned the colony
1565 Spain recolonized Florida and established the city of St. Augustine under the leadership of Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
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6. Southwestern Spanish Colonies
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led an expedition to Southwestern part of Modern US [Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
The areas were called New Mexico.
Pedro de Peralta Established Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico.
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7. Resistance Against Spanish
Spanish Tried to Christianize the native peoples and impose Spanish culture on them.
Spanish soldiers and priests destroyed sacred relics of local natives
Spanish imposed a tribute on people and forced them to work for them
Natives who refused were beaten
Pueblo religious leader Popé rebelled against the Spanish and drove them back to New Spain.
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Homework
Questions 1 and 2 on page 41
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