USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Atahualpa, the younger son of former Incan ruler Huayna Capac, had just deposed his half-brother Huascar and was in the midst of reuniting his kingdom when Pizarro arrived in 1531, with the endorsement of Spain’s King Charles V.

Detailed explanation-2: -Atahuallpa, also spelled Atahualpa, (born c. 1502-died August 29, 1533, Cajamarca, Inca empire [now in Peru]), 13th and last emperor of the Inca, who was victorious in a devastating civil war with his half brother, only to be captured, held for ransom, and then executed by Francisco Pizarro.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1532, accompanied by his brothers, and 168 Spanish soldiers, Francisco Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru, which ended the reign of the Inca Empire. Three years later, he founded the new capital city of Lima, which still exists today.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 29 August 1533 the Spanish captors murdered Atahualpa by garrotting. He was buried with Christian rites in the church of San Francisco at Cajamarca, but was soon disinterred.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.