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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 he also had 3 brothers and 1 sister his dad worked as a wool weaver and he owned a cheese. when he got older he spent his life traveling around Europe but however Leif Erickson landed in North America 500 years before Colmbus did.

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-Why???????

-Before Christopher Columbus went on his first journey he was trying convincing many Kings and Queens to pay for his trips but finally he was able to convince King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to pay for his trip he had to use ships because there was a war happening around the silk road and it would be a risky journey the names of the three ships he sailed were the Nina the Pinta  and the Santa Maria

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While Christopher Columbus was sailing he made a mistake and he didn't take a turn and he kept sailing till he hit North America he called everyone Indians cause he thought he hit India he wanted to got to India cause he wanted gold, spices and more natural resources. His contract with the monarchs, called the Capitations of Santa Fe named Columbus the admiral, viceroy, and governor of any land he discovered he also could keep 10 percent of any merchandise he found

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After Christopher Columbus hit North America he had many more trips too Columbus made three more trips to the New World. He made some big impacts in the New World he and his crew killed many people from smallpox. After he died he inspired so many explorers. Some of the explorers were Hernandez Cortes, Henry Hudson, and Francisco Pizarro

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Francisco Pizarro was born In 1478 In Trujillo, Spain. His Dad Gonzalo Pizarro, was part of the military. Pizarros mom didn't have a job and she and Gonzalo never married. He had a tough childhood he could not read or write to  he was living with his grandparents since his parents never married. For years he had a job to heard pigs.

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Hernando Cortes was born In Medellin, Spain. Cortez wanted to be a conquer because his family was poor and had little money  and could barley anything he was also very greedy and wanted riches like gold and diman

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Cortes and his men kidnapped Montezuma. They also used military strategy to fight the Aztecs.The Spanish also carried smallpox from the animals back in Spain and the Aztecs caught it and it wiped out 5-8 million Aztecs. The impact Cortes had on the new world was in a couple years he completely wiped out the Aztecs and named the whole land New Spain. All dough when he killed one of his leaders the leaders son assassinated him in his home on 1575.

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HOW did he change the World?
-disease (smallpox)
-book he wrote
Hernando Cortez made a big Impact on the New World  he defeated the Aztecs with guns , germs and steel. He first spread smallpox the Animals carried the disease back in Spain  they carried it because they were were around them all the time. The Aztecs thought the Conquistadors were gods but they thought wrong. Because Pizzaro used some military stradiges and he kidnapped The Aztec Empire Montezuma. The Aztecs lost because they didn't have any orders many joined Pizzaro because they had no use and knew they would die. Millons died that day. Later he wrote a book about how to conquer.

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He was greedy and wanted riches. Also He thought to himself that he was a mighty person. And had thought that they only had few people. He had guns germs and steel.

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When Pizzaro conqered he first read Cortezs book explaining useful Military stadiges after he read the book it modivated him to conquer. He was able to conqer the Incas they had thousands of men more than Pizzaro did he was able to conqer the Incas because they had stuff that the Incas were not able to acess.

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He had germs that wiped out over millions of people. And had guns and horses to wipe out all of the Incans witch is over ten thousand people. Pizzaro had an advantage over the Incans because of his hi-tech stuff. Pizzaro later killed his fellow friend Diego Almargo. After he killed his friend he died to Amargos son got revenge and some other followeres assinated   him in his home in Lima, Peru.