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Title: Topic: Assessing the results of the Spanish Conquest


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Topic Assessing the results of the Spanish
Conquest
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Spain and the Conquistadors
  • Columbus discovery impacts all of Europe
    Americas (Columbian Exchange)
  • Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
  • Spanish explorers and conquerors

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Forging the Spanish Empire
  • 1532 Pizarro seizes Peru
  • Gold boom in Europe
  • 1521 Cortes takes Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital)
  • Spain now held
  • South and Central America
  • Florida, Carolinas
  • Cuba, Philippines

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Impact on Native Americans
  • Positive (?) Consequences
  • Negative Consequences

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Challenges to Spanish Hegemony
  • Other Europeans pushed into North America
  • Britain vs. Spain
  • Why?
  • The Black Legend
  • Destruction of Spanish Armada in 1588
  • Popes Rebellion (1680- Santa Fe)
  • Spain begins to lose power (Slow decline)

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Conclusion
  • Pick one word that you feel best describes the
    Spanish Conquest of the New World. Explain why
    you chose this word in 2-3 sentences.
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