HIST 1007 Chapter : Colonial Latin America
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Columbus and his sailors land in on the island of hispaniola(hailti) His idea was to spread christianity and find wealth. They were supposed to used the natives to spread christianity and to use them for labor but the conquistadores turned to anger once they found out there was no wealth. Indian tribes were wiped out (mostly: conquest of mexico, 1519-21. Spanish conquer the empire of 14 million people. Tenochtitlan, one of the largest cities in the world at the time. In the middle of the city was a temple where they would sacrifice there own people to the. During the battle the aztecs had help from other mexicans that they conquered. Disease spanish brought along the disease smallpox, and the aztecs were not immune to it like the spanish were because they had been exposed to it before: the caribbean, ecological imperialism .
