Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0
Paper 2
A military adventurer who participated in Spain’s conquest of territories and peoples overseas.
Revise: Start of an EmpireConquistadors sought wealth, particularly gold, as well as land and labour. Spreading Christianity was another motive. Islands could also provide harbours, supplies and bases from which expeditions could travel further.
- Revise: Conquest of Mexico
- Revise: Conquest of the Incas
A Spanish conqueror who took part in the conquest of territories in the Americas during the sixteenth century.