WHO WERE THE CONQUISTADORS
who gave conquistadors permission to establish settlements?
The rulers of Spain
What did Incan and Aztec have for weapons?
Aztec and Inca relied on clubs bow & arrows and spears.
MISSION was what?
settlements run by Catholic priests and friars whose goal was to convert Indians to Christanity.
How many social classes were there?
4
Were did they look for labor
the Atlantic Ocean
What did conquistadors agreed to give Spain
⅕ of any gold or treasure they captured
Spanish had what that made them fight better.
superior military equipment-steel armor and guns
PRESIDIOS were what?
forts-were soldiers lived.The first presidio was at St. Augustine
PENINSULARES were what?
born in Spain held the highest jobs in gov’t and church
Africans could be brought as what?
slaves
What was the Spanish reason for going?
We came here to serve God and the king and also get rich.
Who controlled much of the Incan empire.
Pizzaro
What did settlements provide
basses from which expeditions could set out in search of gold
CREOLES were what?
born in America to parents of Spanish origin.Owned farms and ranches
Africans began to what?
capture and enslave people and sell them to Europeans.
Who recaptured the capital city?
Cortes
Who died from diseases brought by the Spanish?
Indians
PUEBLOS were what?
towns-were centers of farming and trade.Spanish worshiped at churches.
Mestizos were what?
people of mixed Spanish and Indian parents.Worked on farms and ranches largest class of people.
PLANTATION was what?
large estate farmed by many workers.
who was the Aztec emperor
Moctezuma
How did Spanish see their conquest
as further proof of their natural superiority.
What was Florida
The first permanent settlement in what is now in the US
Spainsh forced who to work?
Americans Indians
As the death toll among American Indians continued to rise they were forced with a what?
severe shortage of workers