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Who was the leader of the Spanish army that conquered the Inca Empire? Francisco Pizarro in 1535 Who conquered the Aztec empire? Herman Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1519.
They conquered the people of Central America first, who had no existing empire but like the Mayans were descended from the earlier Olmec and Veracruz cultures. The Mayan cultures in Yucatan and Guatemala came under Spanish control between 1511 and 1697.The Aztecs of Mexico were conquered by the Spanish under Hernán Cortés in 1521.In South America, the Incans (weakened by civil war and the introduction of smallpox) were defeated and subjugated by a comparatively small number of Spaniards under Francisco Pizarro in 1533.
The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America from Peru from 1438 to 1533. The Inca was conquered in 1572 by the Spanish.
The Aztec Empire in modern-day Mexico was conquered by Hernán Cortés and his Spanish soldiers, who were called conquistadores.
Hernán Cortés led Spanish soldiers, called conquistadores, to modern-day Mexico and conquered the peoples of the Aztec Empire.
North, South, and Central America
Spanish conquistadors.
Spain conquered Central America and the Caribbean, forced them to speak Spanish, and when Spain arrived they dug plantations and haciendas.
Latin America (Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean and most of South America).
Since the 16th century, when several Spanish conquistadors conquered and/or settled these lands.
spanish soldiers in America?
Central and South America were conquered by Spain a country which speaks Spanish. However Brazil, was settled by Portugal and so Portuguese is spoken there.
They were called Conquistadors.
Conquistadores.
Hernando Cortez was the Spanish commander who conquered the Aztec Empire and thus began the Spanish conquest of Central and South America.
They were called Conquistadors.
Mexico, as well as most of Central America, the Caribbean and South America were conquered and settled by Spanish Conquistadors during the 15th and 16th centuries. As such, they imposed their language, culture and religion to the conquered peoples of the region, including Spanish as language, Roman Catholicism as "official" religion and Spanish traditions such as the Quinceanera, bullfighting and Christmas.