Landing in present day Haiti, he thought he had reached Asia.
Who is Columbus
100
Spain issued these rules for it's American colonies that put Franciscan missionaries in charge of "pacification" of local Indians.
What are Comprehensive Orders for new Discoveries.
200
Aztec leader Moctezuma initially thought this conquistadore may have been the Aztec god Quetzelquatl.
Who is Cortes.
300
Without her, concluded chronicler of the Spanish conquest Bernal Diaz del Castillo, "we would have been unable to surmount many difficulties" in taking Tenochtitlan.
Who is Malinche (Malinali, Mariana)
400
Royal grants from the Spanish Crown giving recipients land and legal control of Indian labor.
What is an Encomienda.
500
He established france's first permanent North American settlement in Quebec.