FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CORTES AND PIZARRO
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making him viceroy.
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allowing him to travel with Balboa.
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building him a palace in Lima, Peru.
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letting him keep all the gold he found.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pizarro Conquers Peru He returned to get permission to claim the land for Spain. King Charles of Spain agreed to Pizarro’s request and promised him that he would be governor of any lands he conquered.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Spanish priest met with the Inca emperor Atahuallpa, exhorting him to accept Christianity and Charles V. After Atahuallpa refused, Pizarro’s forces attacked, captured, and later executed Atahuallpa, enabling Pizarro to occupy Cuzco, effectively conquering the empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main view is that the Inca were eventually defeated due to inferior weapons, ‘open battle’ tactics, disease, internal unrest, the bold tactics of the Spanish, and the capture of the Inca’s Emperor.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish recognized the wealth and abundance that could be had in this territory; at this point the Inca Empire was at its largest, measuring around 690, 000 square miles. In 1528 Pizarro went back to Spain to ask for the official blessing of the Spanish crown to the conquer the area and become governor.