Do Now:
Who did Cortes conquer?_______
Who did Pizarro conquer?_______
How far west did De Vaca and
Estevanico travel?_____________
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Different culture.
Describe the event above.Why did the Native Americans near the Aztecs
agree to help Cortes?
Tell the story of La Malinche. How did La Malinche help Cortes?
Identify the people in the picture.
What is happening here?What does this picture tell you about how the
Spaniards could defeat the Aztecs, even with far fewer soldiers?
Go to page A-8 in your text book. Name the modern countries that now
cover the areas where Pizarro traveled or touched by boat.
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Gold!
If you were the King or Queen of Spain, how would you spend your new wealth
in gold? Think as though you were the ruler of a great nation.
Name three reasons why the outnumbered Spaniards could easily
defeat the Native Americans.
1.
2.
3.
Using full sentences, describe the bad things that happened to the
Spaniards once they began to explore the land that is today the United
States.
De Vaca explored what is today what states?
Estevanico traveled with de Vaca and then later searched for gold in what is
today ______________________________________________.
He sought cities filled with ___________. His death came
when_____________________________________________.
Coronado searched today’s American southwest for gold. He never
found it. He explored much of what is now
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Coronado set out to find “City of Gold.” He explored New Mexico, Arizona,
Texas and Kansas. He never found gold. What happened 300 years later in
California?
De Soto explored what is today the Carolinas. He
explored as far west as _____________________.
The Spaniards went everywhere!
Columbus 1492 Haiti, Dominican Republic
Balboa
1510 Panama
de Leon 1513 Florida
Cortes
1519 Mexico
de Vaca 1528 Texas, Mexico
Pizarro
1532 Peru
Estevanico 1539 Arizona
Coronado 1540 NM, AZ, TX, KS
De Soto
1542 GA, NC, SC, LS, TX AR, OK
Spain established the encomienda system for ruling in the “new world.”
Encomiendas were __________________ where the king and queen of
Spain gave conquistadors the right to demand ____________ and
__________ from Native Americans.
What is the origin of the word “encomienda/?
Encomienda—en/co/mien/da: third syllable comes from Latin “manus” or
“hand.” The syllable “da” comes from Latin “dare” meaning “to give.”
Spanish king and queen “gave the hand of power to conquistadors.”
The conquistadors represented the royalty of Spain in the New World.
They were a part of empire.
In 1517, Spain began to bring African slaves to the New World. Why did
Spain bring slaves from across the ocean?
Ninety percent of all slaves ever brought from Africa went to the West
Indies or South America. Only ten percent went to what is today the
United States. Try to explain why this would happen.
Below is the social structure in Spain’s New World empire:
Peninsulares—Spain itself is on a peninsula. Anyone who was born on
the peninsula of Spain was considered “special” and high ranking in the
New World.
Creoles—comes from the Latin word “creare” (to create). These were
people who were “created” or born in the New World.
Mestizos—comes from Latin “miscere” (to mix). These were people who
were mixed Spanish and Native American blood.
Mulattos—were mixed Spanish and African. This word also means
“mixed” (from “mullaweed”) and is derived from Arabic.
In this social structure, what kinds of power were being exercised?