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Spain's Empire in the Americas

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    Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the Spanish conquered Central and portions of North America
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  • How were The Spanish conquistadors similar to Christopher Columbus?
    They both went to voyages to the Americas in search for gold.
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  • What did Juan Ponce de Leon and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado have in common?
    Neither found gold in the areas where they searched.
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  • What caused Popé's rebellion?
    The Spanish refused to allowed the Natives to practice their own religion.
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  • How was the "encomienda" system similar to African slavery?
    Because the workers in both system were forced to labor for someone else without compensation.
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  • What effect did the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 have on the Americas?
    It opened up the Americas for colonization by other Europeans nations.
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  • Cortéz was a Spanish conquistador who focused his attention on the ____ Empire, which is now located Mexico.
    Aztec
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  • As governor of New Mexico, _____ built the capital of Santa Fé with the help of missionary priests and settlers from Spain.
    Pedro de Peralta
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  • One day the Native Americans were mistreaded by the _____ and forced to pay a tribute of a bushel of maize or a deer hide.
    Spanish
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