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The Conquistadors
Fransico Pizarro
Gold,God, and Glory
The search for the eastern world and new land
The Conquistadors were a group of men form Spain who traveled the seas searching for, wealth, fame, and new world wonders. Many of the Conquistadors not only encountered all of this but they encountered new people, new religion and difficutl situations.
Hernan Cortez
Cortez was a Spanish sailor who landed on the coast of Mexico close to present day Veracruz with only 600 men, some cannons and a few horses. Once he arrived with his crew he burned the ship to tell the crew that they weren't leaving until they conquered the land. Cortes encounterded one of the most advanced cilvillzations of the day, the Aztecs. After the Aztecs gave their kindom up to Cortes thinking he was the reincarnation of a god, Cortes's men destroyed the city and took over their vast empire. With the help of European diseases and their powerful weapons Cortes and his crew took over the Aztec empire and destroyed some of the ancient wonders due to their thirst for wealth and power.
Unlike Cortes, Fansico Pizarro landed in South America with only 180 men and 27 horses. He also came in contact with another strong and wealthy civilization, the Incas. The Incas were smart, wealthy and slowly declining. Once Pizzaro and his men came in and they immideatly started killing and stealing the incan treasures with their guns, diseases and steal swords. Soon the vast empire of the Incas was destroyed and their tooms were raided for gold do to the greety ways of the Spanish Conquistadors and Pizzaro.
The Obsetions for Gold
Because of the thirst of gold Both Pizzaro and Cortez altered and changed the face of the Americas forever. Their diseases killed hundreds, and the survivors were persecuted for their religion and forced to become catholic. Many others became slaves who ussually died do to harsh conditions. All of this inturn brought spain wealth yet turned Latin America into what it is today many catholic, spanish speaking countries. with barely any native culture.
Millions of Indians killed
