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In 1451,Genoa, Italy Christopher Columbus was born. When he was a young boy he worked with his father and four other siblings,three brothers and one sister, at the cheese stand. He spent his early teen years traveling around Europe. He also worked for trading companies. That was Columbus's early life.

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In 1471, Trujillo, Spain Francisco Pizarro was born. He was born into a family of him, and his unmarried mother and father. A lot is not known of his early life but he did work a humble job. He did not go to school. Since he didn't go to school he never learned how to read and write. But his father was in the military so his smart mindset was somehow helpful to Francisco.

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Hernan Cortes was born in Medellin, Spain in 1485. His family was famous. His dad was a captain in the Spanish army. Cortes's parents wanted him to be a lawyer. So at the age of 14 they sent him to law school. He did not like it so he came back at age 16.

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1492- Columbus got a sponsor for his trip 

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1492- Columbus got a sponsor for his trip 

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Columbus wanted to get rich from the New World. But he did not have a fund for his voyage. He asked many rulers but they all declined. Finally the king and queen of Spain, kind Ferdinand the second and queen Isabella, gave him the money he needed. But they had a deal it was that the king and queen  got 90 % of what he found there. Columbus got 10% of what he found.

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Columbus was about to set sail. He was excited to get to the Indies. He set sail. He was at sea with his 3 beautiful ships the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. when Christopher landed, he thought he was in the indies, explaining the native Americans being called Indians. He did not treat the native Americans very nicely. He tortured them and made them go through hard labor. He affected them in a bad way.

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On May 20th, 1506 Columbus died. He died from heart failure. Only 55 years young Columbus was dead. The legendary adventurer has died. he came back from his last voyage. he had eye swelling and after research we found that he might of had arthritis or gout. Columbus was living uncomfortably in Valladolid for 18 months.

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Cortes's motivation was all the gold that he would acquire. He would need a lot of gold for more adventures to come also. He needed gold, and the Aztecs indeed had gold, it did help that the Aztecs treated him like a god! So then Cortes had a better shot at getting their gold.

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1519-Pizarro's Motivation to Conquer the Inca's 

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1519-Pizarro's Motivation to Conquer the Inca's 

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Pizarro wanted to conquer the Inca's because the Inca's had golden riches. anyone would feel so happy to be rich! He felt if he concord the Inca, he could do anything. with the guidance of Cortes' book, he would concur the Inca. he wanted to be like Cortes, powerful and rich.

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Cortes conquered the Aztecs. What helped him do this was his horses. The Aztecs have never seen such mighty beasts. So when Cortes rush them they all ran away from the horses. Another thing that helped him was  the Aztecs saw all of his armor and thought that he was a god. So they were very scared of him. Also, the Aztecs did not have guns and horses and Cotes did. So that means that Cotes and his army could easily take out the Aztecs. Cortes also brought diseses such as smallpox to the Aztecs so that was an advantage to kill them.

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Cortes had a big impact on the new world. he wiped out many Aztec, without him killing the empire they might have still been here today! the animals the Aztec hunted was now increasing and thriving also! he felt proud that him and his men concord a whole empire! but there was a downfall. he developed a bad reputation in the western world because he brutally murdered his allies.

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In 1532 Pizarro landed on the coast of South America. The Inca's, on the other hand, had just fought a war. They had very little people. The Spanish marched into the Inca's land. They started a big war. But the Inca's refused to fight. The Spanish already had a big advantage. One of the Inca people attacked a Spanish solider that had smallpox. The Inca killed the soldier. The Inca got smallpox. It took out alot of their people.

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Pizarro brought many diseases such as smallpox to Mesoamerica. These diseases spread across the whole New World. Taking out group by group. That impacted the New World by spreading smallpox all around their land. Pizarro also took out the most impressive tribe in Mesamerica. So everyone was threatened by the Spanish.