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The political and economic
ramification of the Spanish
conquest of South America
y Saurabh Kandpiley Saurabh Kulkarniy Saurabh Rohatgiy Satveer Shekhawaty Shakeel ur Rehmany Sarthak Chhetri
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HISTORYy Spanish, British, and French colonized all over the
world in order to strengthen themselves.
y It effected the culture, economy and religion of the thecolonized area.
y It improved the economies of the mother country aswell as the colonized country.
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Reason for conquesty Adesire for material gain.
y Adesire to spread religion.
y Adesire to expand territory.y To increase the trades.
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Political impacty They eliminated the political pretension, but
continued to honour the social status and property.
y Afair number of conquistadores and early settlers evenmarried into these families and benefited from therank and wealth attached to these lineages.
y Few conquistadores settled in there and were accepted
in the more elevated ranks.
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Economic impacty Economies of the mother country strengthened, as
well as the countries under it.
y Developed trade between the countries.y Mother country inspired by the material gains, made
huge profit.
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Religious impacty Mother country forced the countries to follow their
religion.
y They conquered some countries for only religiouspurposes.
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Conclusiony They utilised superior technology,
y for example. Though Corts and his 600 men only had 13
unwieldy arquebuses, they used them for their shock value;y They also had steel-edged swords, pikes and crossbows,
and even horses and mastiffs all of which the Spaniardsused to optimal effect in terrorising natives.
y They also employed a ruthless divide and rule policy inmaking alliances with local native groups that worked forCorts, and against the Aztecs and other predominantgroups.
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Advantages to Spain in the
conquesty The biggest advantage the Spanish had lay in the form
of unseen microbes, that carried diseases to the
indigenous peoples that they had never been exposedto previously.
y Even by 1494, a Spaniard reckoned that as many as50,000 Taino had died in and around Hispaniola, and
within 20 years, their population had dwindled from300,000, to 33,000 by 1510, and to a mere 500 by 1548.
y Such depopulations bolstered the confidence of theconquerors, and completely demoralised the Indians.
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Reasons for downfall of spanish
conquesty Their policy points to internal factors that contributed
to the downfall of the large Aztec and Inca empires
especially.y For in important ways, the Spanish really only
managed to insert themselves at the top of the existingimperial hierarchy and they took full advantage of
the divisions within these indigenous societies
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Sourcesywww.google.com
ywww.hyperhistory.net
ywww.learnnc.net
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