Vocab 31

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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador he defeated the Aztec Empire conquered Mexico for Spain

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moctezuma 11

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Aztec ruler he was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortez and his army conquered the Empire he was taken prisoner and killed during the battle with the Spanish army

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador conquered of Peru founder of Lima Peru conquered the Inca Empire

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Encomienda

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Spanish colonial system in which a colonist was given a certain amount of land in a number of Native Americans to work the land in exchange for teaching Native American Christianity

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atahualpa

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Last indicating he was taken prisoner by Pizarro and his army after refusing to accept Christianity and surrender his empire to Spanish conquistadors he was killed by the Spanish in his empire was taken over

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Bartolome de las Casas

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Spanish missionary and historian he sought to protect native Americans from Spanish mistreatment by replacing them as laborers with imported African slaves

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Let graham it between Spain and Portugal not created an imaginary north south line dividing their territory in the Americas

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viceroys

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Official who ruled Spain America Empire