1. Spain Builds an American Empire
Chapter 20 Section 1

2. Today’s Goal  You will be able to…
Explain the reasons for, and effects of, Spanish and Portuguese exploration in the New World

3. Voyages of Columbus Goal = sea route to India
San Salvador in Caribbean
los indios (Indians)
Colonies

6. Discoveries of Other Explorers
Amerigo Vespucci
- Declared S. America was Mundus Novus or “New World”
- Americas named after him
Waldseemuller’s Map – labeled S. America after Amerigo

7. 1518 – Vasco Núñez Balboa  went through Panama & became first to see the Pacific Ocean
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan  his crew was first to sail around the world

8. Spanish Conquistadors
Francisco Pizarro  Inca (Atahualpa)
Hernando Cortes  Aztecs (Montezuma)
Why was Cortes able to conquer the Aztecs?
Misconceptions
Superior weapons (gun)
Support from rival tribes (who despised Aztecs)
Disease!!!

10. How did Spain rule the natives in the New World?
Similar to Reconquista
Encomienda system

11. How did success in exploration & conquest affect Spain?
Golden Age in arts & culture
Bigger navy

12. How was Spanish settlement in North America different from that of South America?
Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”), New Mexico  Catholicism!

13. What was the resistance to Spanish rule in the Americas?