Cortez
Who was Cortez?
He was a colonist in Hispanola who farmed and served as a notary.
Who was Pizarraro?
Spanish explorer and conquistador
Who was columbus
he was an explorer
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
was a French explorer and cartographer best known for establishing and governing the settlements of New France and the city of Quebec.
Who were the Taino people?
A group of natives, Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida.
Where did he travel to?
Tenochitlan Island
What year was Pizarro born in?
1476
What did Columbus discover
When was Samuel de Champlain born?
Samuel de Champlain was born in 1574
Where were the spread amongst
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.
Why did Cortez burn his ships?
Cortez trained his army and then burned his ships to ensure loyalty to his plans for conquest
Why did Pizarro stay in panama after he arrested Balboa?
he was awarded an estate, served as mayor of Panama City and amassed a small fortune.
Why was Columbus imprisoned for 6 months?
for just being a bad governor, not for barbaric treatment
Why was Champlain chosen to be geographer on an expedition to Acadia led by Lieutenant-General Pierre Du Gua de Monts.
Because he was an expert at geography.
Why did the Taino people nearly become extinct?
due to infectious diseases to which they had no immunity
How did Cortez conquer the aztecs?
He joined armies with other people who hated the aztecs.
How did Pizarro conquer peru
with the help of his brothers
How did Columbus get the "idea" to repent?
he writes that he heard a voice calling him to repentance and saying he had not done what he had been called to do
How did Champlain die?
his health was failing and he was forced to retire in 1633. He died in Quebec on Christmas Day in 1635
How much percent of the population did smallpox wipe out?
The 1518 smallpox epidemic killed 90% of the natives who had not already perished.
What if other armies had not joined cortez's army?
Cortez would most likely retreat or try to get other armies.
What if Pizarro had not sailed with Balboa?
then he probably would have gotten all the credit for discovering the pacific ocean
What if Columbus had been a better governor?
He would not have been imprisoned
What if Champlain would not have died and was immortal?
Then he would have lived forever and thats it...
What if the Taino had immunity against the smallpox virus?
Then they would have lived a little bit longer.