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Early Latin America
Ferdinand of Aragon |
-along with Isabella of Castile, monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia
-marriage to Isabell created a united Spain -responsible for reconquest of Granada, initiation of exploration of New World |
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Early Latin America
Isabella of Castile |
-along with Ferdinand of Aragon, monarch of largest Christian Kingdoms in Iberia
-marriage to Ferdinand created a united Spain -responsible of reconquest of Granada, initiation of exploration of New World |
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Early Latin America
Christopher Columbus |
-genoese captain in service of king and queen of Castil and Aragon
-successfully sailed to the New World and returned in 1492-initiated European discoveries |
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Early Latin America
Hernan Cortes |
-led expedition of 600 to the coast of Mexico in 1519
-conquistador responsible for defeat of the Aztec Empire -captured Tenochtitlan |
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Early Latin America
Moctezuma II |
-last independent Aztec emperor
-killed during Hernan Cortes' conquest of Tenochtitlan |
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Early Latin America
Francisco Pizarro |
-Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535
-by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish |
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Early Latin America
Francisco Vasquez do Coronado |
-leader iof Spanish expedition into northern frontier region of New Spain
-entered what is now the United States in search of mythical cities of gold |
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Early Latin America
Pedro de Valdivia |
-Spanish conquistador
-conquered Araucanian Indians of Chile -established city of Santiago in 1541 |
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Early Latin America
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz |
-author, poet, musician, and social thinker
-concentrated on purely spiritual matters |
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Early Latin America
Predo Alvares Cabral |
-Portugese leader of an expedition to India
-blown off course in 1500 and landed in Brazil |
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Early Latin America
Charles III |
-Spanish enlightened monarch
-ruled from 1759 to 1788 -instituted fiscal, administrative, and military reforms in Spain and its empire |
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Early Latin America
Jose de Galvez |
-Spanish minister of the Indies and chief architect of colonial reform
-moved to eliminate Creoles from upper bureaucracy of the colonies -created intendents for local government |
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Early Latin America
Marquis of Pombal |
-Prime minister of Portugal from 1755 to 1776
-acted to strengthen royal authority in Brazil -expelled Jesuits -enacted fiscal reforms and established monopoly companies to stimulate the colonial economy |
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Early Latin America
Tupac Amaru |
-Mestizo leader of Indian revolt in Peru
-supported by many among lower classes -revolt eventually failed because of Creole fears of real social revolution |
