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The resource contains multiple interactive areas where the reader can read about the Spanish's conquest of certain areas and civilizations. The article covers the Aztecs, Mexico, and the Incas. The source also provides a timeline of the Spanish…

This depiction shows a 17th century tobacco plantation in Virginia. Tobacco was an extremely important cash crop and its production fueled many early colonies and was shipped across the world to fuel growing markets. Tobacco production was extremely…

This section of "Oxford Big Ideas Humanities" provides a timeline of the events that led to the journey across the Atlantic and Spain's desires to conquer South America. The source also provides detailed descriptions of the three major civilizations…

The transatlantic routes are where The Golden Age of Piracy really thrived. When in need of men they would offer slaves the opportunity to join their crews, and when on the hunt for gold they would lay in wait for the opportunity to raid other ships…

In the mid-1600s, Spain would invade Tortuga four times in an attempt to end the buccaneer threat. However, every time their soldiers would leave, the buccaneers would return, and build up the fortifications they previously left behind. The rocky…

This document was one of the last nails in the coffin for the ideas of piracy in the western world of the UK. This outlawed slave trades from Africa and to Africa and would serve as a future deterrent for any new age of pirates.

This resource lists the different kinds of weaponry that the Spanish and Aztecs used in their battles and how the weapons benefitted or hurt the groups. The resource also looks at different tactics the Spanish used to aid them in their conquest of…

This resource provides images and maps of how the Spanish structured the colonial administration, as well as what areas the administration governed. While the leaders of the administration were typically in Spain, viceroyalties were in charge of the…

The Cerro Rico holds high quantities of silver ore, and a large proportion of silver that flowed from the Americas back to Europe came from this mountain. The mining process was brutal, and the Spanish colonial government coerced many natives into…

A portrait of Bartolomeu, the Portuguese pirate that attacked plenty of Spanish ships for their money and cacao. He is also responsible for the earliest "pirate's code" which would later influence John Phillips and Edward Low. Bartolomeu sailed with…