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Spanish

Explorers
How was the world?

• As Spain has claimed many lands in


the Americas, many soldiers and
explorers discovered many lands.
• The Spanish monarch encouraged
explorations and offered grants to
those who lead expeditions.
• The Spanish soldiers were called
“Conquers” or “Conquistadors”
Juan Ponce de León (1513 – Florida)

- He travelled with Columbus in the second


voyage and helped conquer Puerto Rico
- He heard from American Indians about an
island in the north called Bimini; It had a
fountain of youth which made old people
young again.
- After some year, he sat off going to Bimini
and went to explore the lands that are now
of Florida and named it “La Florida as for
“flowers” in Spanish in 1513.
- He is the first Spanish to set foot on the
lands that became part of the United
Hernando Cortés (1519 – Mexico)

- In 1519. he went to Aztec; that is now Mexico with


650 soldiers.
- They landed in the Aztec Capital “Tenochtitlan”.
- American Indians welcomed them and gave them
food because they hated the harsh rule of Aztec.
- An Indian woman called “Malintzin” was their
translator.
- People thought in the light-skinned god who will
come one day and rule them. So, they loved him at
first.
PEACE DIDN’T LAS FOR SO LONG
- Cortes took the Aztec emperor prisoner. So, a
war started.
-
Spanish conquers vs. Aztec
warriors

- They had horses. - They had wooden clubs


- They had armors made of - They wore armors made
steel. of feather.
- They had a (harquebus); - They had a wooden
a gun invented at that shield with some fathers.
time
Discovering the cities of gold

- Spanish leaders in Mexico city heard about


cities of gold. So, they sent “Marcos de
Niza” to investigate these lands.
- De Niza sent an African slave called
“Estevanien” to investigate but he was
killed.
But De Niza confirmed seeing the gold
- As a result, Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado set out in 1540 with his army to
discover the cities of gold that are now the
southeastern United states.
- He didn’t find any gold but he occupied
New Spain

• Now, New Spain includes

Florida
Mexico City
Southeastern United
States
Hernando de Soto
(1539 – expanding the US)
- He helped conquer the Inca Empire in Peru.
- In 1539, he took 600 men and traveled through
every state in the southeastern United
States.
- In this journey, they became the first
Europeans to see the Mississippi River.
- De soto killed many Indian Americans in his
journey. He killed about 11,000 one of the in
Alabama.
- As a result of such a tiring journey, De Soto’s men
died from hunger and others ran away and it
ended in 1542 with only about 300 soldiers
left.
- By the end of this journey, Sain claimed
Reformation

- At that time, the Catholic


- Martin Luther, a German
church forced people to
priest asked for some
obey rules. The church
reforms in the Catholic
was very powerful
church.
- As a result of reformation, the - His supporters were
church established the counter- called Protestants.
reformation. - They began a new church
- They sent religious men called Lutheran church.
“Missionaries” to convert
American Indians to Catholic
religion
Thank You

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