European Exploration and Conquest

  1. Introduction
    1. 2 phases, 3 people, 3 dates
      1. Explorations (1492: Christopher Columbus)
      2. Conquests
        1. Aztecs (1519: Hernán Cortés)
        2. Inkas (1532: Francisco Pizarro)
    2. 3 questions
      1. Why did Columbus sail?
      2. Why did the Aztec and Inka empires fall so quickly?
      3. What was the legacy of the conquest?
  2. Explorations
    1. Background to European Conquest
    2. Columbus Discovered America
    3. Was Columbus a hero?
  3. Conquest of Mexico (1519 - 1521)
    1. Hernán Cortés
    2. Malinche
    3. Moctezuma
    4. Quetzalcoatl
    5. Tenochtitlán
    6. Cuauhtémoc
  4. Conquest of Peru (1532)
    1. Inka Empire
      1. Huayna Capac
      2. Civil War: Huascar vs. Atahualpa
    2. Spanish
      1. Francisco Pizarro
      2. Diego de Almagro
      3. Hernando de Luque
    3. Cajamarca (Nov. 16, 1532)
  5. Analyzing the Conquest
    1. How did so few Spanish conquer so many people?
    2. Who were the conquistadors?
    3. What were the effects of the conquest?
  6. Conclusions
    1. Europe set sail out of a position of weakness, not strength
    2. Columbus did not discover America
    3. The conquest was never complete