Spanish Conquistadors
Cortes
PIzarro
Coronado
Conquistadors that worked for the king
holy people
They were conqurerers and soldier explores and adventurers
They were obsessed with matters of honor and reputation
Spanish souldiers had reputation for rowdiness and duels were not uncommon
Cortes
Had some nobility
Father was a captain for the spanish army
Was related to pizarro
conqured the Aztec empire
Aztec thought he was Quetzalcoatl.
Pizarro
spanish Conquistador
Conquered the Incan ciilization
Only had 168 men 27 horses and 1 cannon
Got defeted soldiers for the incan civil war to fight for his side.
2nd cousin onced removed from Cortes
Reasons for conqureing
Treasure
Spread there religion
Human sacrifice was frowned upon by them
Exploreing and wanted to set up spanish colonies
Slaves wanted them
Thought that dances and rituals were saitin worship
The division of treasure was a bloody conflict
It is said more died in splitting the treasure than in the conquest
Leaders 1 and number 2 are killed because of the greed for the gold
The people that killed the others were killed big killing circle.
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