SPANISH INVASIONS OF MESOAMERICAN

• Invasion from sea
• Brought diseases, animals,new weapons
• Mesoamericans had no way to fight back

CONQUISTADORS

• Spanish soldiers who sailed here via ship
• Brought with them religion, priests to try to convert NATIVE AMERICANS
• They brought weapons, guns and many diseases
• There ultimate goal was to kill the tribes and take their land
• They took gold, silver, and other resources.

FIGHTING

• Aztec weapons vs guns, swords and armor
• No match for the conquistadors
• Bullets, diseases beat Aztecs, Maya's and incas
• 1500-1600, conquistadors conquer the Americas and establish land
• Hundreds of thousands of tribes killed off by the late 1600's

IN CONCLUSION

• Spanish invasion annihilated tribes
• Forced to either live along side of spaniards or pushed to the side
• Some tribes decided to convert to Christianity
• Some decided to take there own lives through mass suicides
• By the end of the 19th century, most Spanish colonists were run out of Mesoamerican

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