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conquistadors

Published on Dec 14, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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.
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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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