Conquest of the Americas

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1.                  The Voyages of Christopher Columbus

2.                  A New World

3.                  The Conquest of Mexico

4.                  Pizarro and the Destruction of the Inca Empire

5.                  The Church in Spanish America

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Bartolomeo de las Casas                                              Requerimiento

Treaty of Tordesillas                                                     Balboa

Magellan                                                                      conquistadores

Cortés                                                                          Moctezuma

Tenochtitlan                                                                  Tlaxcaltecas

Pizarro                                                                         Atahualpa

Ginés de Sepulveda                                                     

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