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Conquistadors
For God, Glory and Gold, was their rallying cry, but the conquest of much of the New World by Spanish conquistadors, driven by a mentality reminiscent of the medieval crusaders, was surely one of history's turning points, but even in the 16th century, questions were asked about the morality of their exploits.
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What is the difference between an explorer and a conquistador?
A conquistador was Spanish and looked only for riches and power. A conquistador had 3 Gs: gold, God, and glory. Gold for riches, God for converting people to Catholicism - since the majority of Spaniards, including royalty were Catholics (and still are) at the time - and glory for power. An exploerer could be from any country and had motivations which were diverse and might include scientific curiosity, personal fame, or they were on a mission from their host country to explore new land and claim it. Conquistadors are gone now, but we still have explorers.
What obstacles did Hernando Cortes face?
Hernan Cortes was the Spanish explorer who overtook the Aztec empire and brought Mexico under Spanish control. His biggest challenge was resistance from the Aztec ruler Montezuma II.
What were the goals of the early spanish explorers?
lust for gold and silver
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hope of winning God's favor by bringing Christianity to pagans
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What did the Aztecs do when Cortes and the conquistadors came?
The Spanish came to central America and delivered diseases such as Smallpox, Measles and Influenza to the Aztecs. The Aztecs, unlike the Spanish, were definitely not immune to the diseases and caught them, making them weak and forcing them to lose the battle between them.
Although the Aztecs captured and sacrificed many of the Spanish, the Spanish resulted in taking over the capital city of Tenochtitlan and defeating all the Aztecs.
The Spanish at one point tried to spread the Catholic religion throughout Mexico, forcing Aztecs to learn more about God and the Bible. If children didn't learn their lesson about it, they were punished. They were forced to stop worshiping their gods and celebrating their festivals.
They were also made to work in Spanish mines or on estates.
Did Francisco Pizarro claim any land?
He conquered the Incan empire and much land in Panama and Peru.
Did Spanish and Portuguese explorers come to the Americas looking for treasure?
Portugal was limited by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) which gave Spain the right to colonize most of the Americas. The exception was Brazil, the easternmost part of South America. Portugal, however, also conducted trade, conquest, and piracy in India by sailing around Africa.
Who was the Spanish conquistador that explored most of the Southeastern US in search of gold?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado .
Cortes conquered the Aztecs in what year?
Cortez conquered the Aztecs in 1521. After landing in Mexico in 1519 he systematically besieged and destroyed the Aztec Empire and on August 13, 1521 he captured Cuauhtemoc, the ruler of Tenochtitlán.
Did Hernando Cortes have a wife or kids?
Both. His wife's name was Catalina Juarez. He had five children:
doña Catalina Pizarro, don Martín Cortés, doña Ana Cortés, don Fernando Cortés, doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma,, and doña María Cortés de Moctezuma.
Did Juan Ponce de Leon find gold after all?
Yes he found gold but never the Bonanza or the Mother Lode that he sought.
He didn't. He was looking forward to Cortés' arival, as he thought that Cortés was an incarnation of Quetzlcoatl (an ancient but worshipped God).
Montezuma did not fear the arrival of Cortés.
What was the Aztec empire like at the time of Cortes?
the empire was teeming with gold and diamonds and Tenochtitlan was a magnificent place..
The empire was weak because it sacrificed too many captives to the gods. APEX
What is an achievement of Hernando Cortes?
His main accomplishment was that he conquered the wealthy Aztec Empire!!
What was the government of the Spanish empire in America?
In terms of land coverage, Spain's empire was one of the largest in history. It controlled the lands of South America, all the way up into the modern day United States, and into the Caribbean. New Spain's Territory North America: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado Middle America: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico South America: Chile, Argentina, Uraguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, and Venezuela Caribbean: Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Repubilc, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago
What bad things did hernan Cortes do?
He was definitely evil. He murdered tens of thousands of people. When he slaughtered the Aztecs he murdered men, women, children, the elderly, and anyone in his way. Some claim he was gold hungry, others claim he wanted to spread Christianity. However, he must have been gold hungry because you don't spread Christianity by following Satan. Nuns, priests, and teachers spread Christianity, not murderers.
Who was friends with ponce de leon?
Oh, dude, Ponce de Leon was tight with the Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. They were like bros sailing the high seas together, looking for that fountain of youth. I mean, who wouldn't want to stay forever young, am I right?
Was ponce de leon a president?
Yes. Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, who was the first appointed Spanish governor of the Puerto Rico colony (San Juan Bautista) in 1510, having led official expeditions to the island. Three years later, in 1513, he sailed to the North American coast, where he sighted and explored Florida, giving it its modern name. He at first thought it was another large island. After returning to Spain, he commanded an expedition to establish a permanent Florida colony in 1521, but was seriously wounded in a battle with the native tribes and died soon afterward.
What natives did Francisco Coronado meet?
The difficulty in making sense of the Coronado expedition is that he had practically no understanding of (or interest in) the native tribes, and his accounts are generally unreliable. Secondly, the tribes of that time (1540 to 1542) were not in the same places they were located in later periods - the Kiowas and Comanche had not yet arrived from further north, for example. Furthermore, different names were used to identify tribal groups than the names commonly used later.
He is said to have had a "Pawnee" guide called "El Turco" in Spanish, but this is extremely unlikely and El Turco was more probably a Caddo (later Spanish writers called the Caddo "Pawnees"). Another guide was a Wichita slave.
In Texas Coronado found the "Teya" tribe warring against the "Querechos"; both of these may have been Apache groups who at that time had no horses, but the Teyas may possibly have been a Caddoan tribe.
What was Vasco Nunez de balboa most famous for?
Vasco Nez de Balboa was best known for discovering the Pacific Ocean in 1513 when he was 38 years old.
How did the way the spanish conquistadors viewed their role im the lands they explored?
they wanted to teach their religions
How many years did ponce de leon explore for?
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