FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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The Spanish had superior military equipment, including steel armor and guns.
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The Spanish used catapults to destroy Incan forts.
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The Spanish outnumbered the Incas.
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The Spanish had horses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec and the Inca not only because they had horses, dogs, guns, and swords, but also because they brought with them germs that made many native Americans sick. Diseases like smallpox and measles were unknown among the natives; therefore, they had no immunity to them.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The horse provided the Spanish with faster transportation and an animal that could pull their cannons. The second reason the horse was an advantage for the Spanish is the Native Americans had never seen one before. The horses amazed and scared the Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Horses, sheer luck, good timing and European diseases such as Smallpox decimating the native population, were also factors helping the Spanish towards victory.
Detailed explanation-5: -Influenza and smallpox were the main causes of death among the Inca population and it affected not only the working class but also the nobility.