USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The last ruler of the Inca before the Spanish was ____
A
Atahualpa
B
Montezuma
C
Pachacutec
D
Manco Capac
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Atahualpa (/ˌætəˈwɑːlpə/), also Atawallpa (Quechua), Atabalica, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa (c. 1502 – 26–29 July 1533), was the last Inca Emperor, although he did not manage to be officially crowned as such.

Detailed explanation-2: -Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Atahualpa was to be burned at the stake-the Spanish believed this to be a fitting death for a heathen-but at the last moment, Valverde offered the emperor clemency if he would convert. Atahualpa submitted, only to be executed by strangulation. The day was August 29, 1533.

Detailed explanation-4: -What happened when the Inca leader Atahualpa first met the Spanish? He was seized and ultimately executed. What did the encomienda system, established by the Spanish crown, allow Spaniards to do? Exact tribute and forced labor from the native people on a particular piece of land.

Detailed explanation-5: -After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and their indigenous allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca.

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