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 * Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean islands now called the West Indies.
 * Columbus encountered the Taino people
 * He claimed their land for Spain, Taking prisoners back with him
 * He forced them to give him gold and killed them if they wouldn't
 * The Spains brought diseases, which the Taino couldn't deal with


 * Hernan Cortes was an other Spanish explorer
 * He toward the Aztec capital (Tenochtitlan)
 * A young indian womand named Malinche, served as his translator and advisor
 * He fought against Aztecs
 * Malinche helped him to arrange alliances with the conquered people
 * Aztec ruler Moctezuma treid but failed to keep Cortes from coming to Tenochtitlan.
 * Cortes imprisoned Moctezuma and compelled him to sign over lands and treasure to the Spanish
 * Later he was driven out and
 * 1512 he returned and distroyed Tenochtitlan.
 * The Spanish rebuilt Tenochtitlan and named it Mexico City


 * Francisco Pizarro was interested in Peru's inca empire
 * this empire was richer than the aztecs
 * he arrived in Peru just after a civial war
 * this war was won by Atahualpa
 * who refused to convert to christianity
 * Pizarro captured him and Atahualpa was killed by the spanish
 * Pizarro won over the incan heartland
 * spain added Ecuador and Chile to its empire
 * Pizarro established the city of Lima
 * he was killed by a rival spaniard

Who were the main explorers of America ? Did they conquered America in a similar way ? Which countries did they discover ? Did they conquered their lands with force or with peace ?