Spanish conquest
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Updated: 5 Jun 2021
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Created byRishi Vempati
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1428: Aztec Empire
began ruling the
Valley of Mexico1492: Spanish people
began settling in the
Caribbean when
Columbus found it.1494: The land, resources,
money, wealth and riches
were shared amongst
the people of Spain
due to the treaty Tordesilla1502: Moctezuma II elected
the emperor of the Aztec Empire1507: America is first named by cartographer
Martin Waldseemueller1517: Hernandez de Cordoba begins to
explore the Yucatan Peninsula
and Mexico's east coast1519: Herman Cortez arrives
in the Aztec Empire
and enters the capital city,
Tenochtitlan.1520: The Aztecs were massacred in Tenochtitlan
by the Spanish and
even Montezuma dies.
However they are driven out
with the small pox epidemic.1521: The Aztecs are defeated
by the Spanish in Tenochtitlan
after a 3 month siege.1530: Francisco Pizarro
makes contact with
the Inca Empire.1532: Pizarro returns
and captures Inca Emperor and
then the capital city
Cuzco falls to the Spanish as well.1572: The last Inca Empire is defeated by the
Spanish, ending all resistance to the Spanish
colonisation in South America.
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