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1451 Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. When he was younger he worked at a cheese stand. Columbus spent his early life traveling around Europe. He worked for trading companies. His father was a wool weaver and owned a cheese stand.

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Columbus was motivated by the contract he made with the King and Queen of Spain. Columbus wanted to go to India but instead he ended up in the Bahamas. Christopher Columbus made a deal with the king and queen of Spain. It said that he could be the admiral, viceroy and governor of any land he discovered. It also said that he could keep 10 percent of any riches he discovered like pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices and other objects that he found in the land.

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Explorers from Europe brought over diseases like smallpox, the flu it killed many of the natives. Some of the tribes were all wiped out. Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing over diseases that killed the tribes. This made the tribes weak and more easier to conquer. The other tribes did not have any weapons and Christopher Columbus did so the other tribes were easier to conquer. They thought that he could communicate with the gods.

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Christopher Columbus brought diseases like smallpox and other diseases which wiped out many tribes. When he was governor of Hispaniola, he made the natives slaves.  The Spanish people found out that Christopher Columbus wasn't being nice to the natives. His travels inspired other future explorers. Other explorers were able to prove that what he has discovered was not Asia.

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Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in Medelin Spain. He came from a less noble family. He first sailed New World when he was 19 years old. After he joined an expedition to Cuba. He worked as a farmer.

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Hernan Cortes was inspired by Columbus' explorations. To obtain more riches. The Aztec empire was wealthy and more andvanced because the Aztecs were brutal to people they conquered. People wanted revenge to be safe and protected.

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Conquered the Aztecs by using military strategies. He burned their ships so they couldn't go back.He took they'er leader hostage and it scared the Aztecs. The Aztecs had no horses or guns. Often sacrificed the people they conquered to their god, as a result they joined Cortes's side. At first the Aztecs did't fight back because they think the Spanish were gods.

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Hernan Cortes returned to Spain. Many lawsuits have been brought to him. Hernan Cortes still was fighting for more power. He destroyed the Aztec Empire. The things that helped him defeat the Aztecs was diseases. Most of the Aztecs were wiped out. The remaining Aztecs were not allowed to learn of their native culture. They were forced to read and write in Spanish. Many of the elements of the Aztec culture was lost forever.

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Pizarro was born in 1470's in Trujillo, Spain. Pizarro's father Gonzalo was a army colonel for Spanish. Pizarro did not have a lot of education and was illiterate. Pizarro's mother was  a poor woman who lived Trujillo. He was unable to read or write. Pizzaros early life was difficult and he was raised by his grandparents since his parents never married. Despite Pizarros challenging youth, Francisco was ambitous and sought to improve his life.

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Pizarro army had horses they could ride then the Inca were scared and they were terrified.  Spain were the biggest army.  Gun powered scared the Incas and made them run away. He killed the Incas leaders and many other Incas.

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Pizarro heard rumors of the riches in the New World and hoped to travel there to discover his own fortune. He set sail for the New World in 1509 on an expedition led by Also de Ojeda. He lived on the island of Hispaniola for many years as a colonist and was later left in charge of San Sebastian, a doomed settlement founded by Ojeda. Eventually Pizarro became friends with the explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, joining him on an expedition in 1513. He was part of Balboa's famed expedition that crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.

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How did Pizarro impact development the western world

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How did Pizarro impact development the western world

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Killed many people and conquered the Incas. The biggest way they affected the western world is they brought a deadly disease/ small pox and 90 to 95 percent of the population died. Pizarro and his people were immuned because of the animals they had. Pizarro killed many people and conquered the Incas. He killed many of the leaders. It affected cilvilizations by killing their leaders which affected how the cilvilizations developed.