Question

Determine whether the following events concern Hernán Cortés or Francisco Pizarro.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hernan Cortes:

-Spread of smallpox from soldiers to the Aztec.

-Capture of the territory around Veracruz.

Francisco Pizarro:

-Execution of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa.

Explanation:

-Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror who, at the beginning of the 16th century, led the expedition that initiated the conquest of Mexico and the end of the Aztec Empire, putting it under the control of the Crown of Castile, creating from it the so-called New Spain colony.

-Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conqueror who, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, led the expedition that would begin the Conquest of Peru. Later he would be appointed governor of New Castile, with the seat of government in the City of Kings, former capital of the Inca Empire.

Answer 2

Hernán Cortes - Spread of smallpox from soldiers to the Aztec; Capture of the territory around Veracruz.

Francisco Pizarro - Execution of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa.

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