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The source begins by describing how the Spanish moved into Mexico and how they established themselves in Mexico. The source analyzes how the Spanish military was organized and how they treated the Aztecs during their conquest.

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 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…

Four types of artillery, a) the culverin, b) cannon, c) pedrero, and d) mortar. These guns saw extensive use by the Spanish during the early colonial period in the conquest of the Americas. Guns and guns like this were a technological edge Europeans…

The Valdivia fort system is located in at Corral Bay in Chile and were used to protect the city of Valdivia as well as resupply Spanish ships. Coastal defenses such as these were crucial in the colonies as they provided protection from pirates and…

A Spanish soldier aiming an arquebus. The arquebus was a primitive type of early firearm that saw extensive in the Americas use during the early colonial period. As with artillery, guns had a psychological effect on Native populations and as firearm…

This map of the West Indies includes notes identifying Columbus's landing site in the New World, routes of the Spanish treasure fleets, the convoys of armed galleons and merchant ships that transported European goods to the Spanish colonies in…

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…

He was the leader of a band of Huguenot pirates and a lieutenant or former lieutenant of another French pirate, François le Clerc. first gained notoriety among the Spanish after his attack on Santa Cruz de la Palma on the Canary Islands in 1553. He…