Spanish+Conquering

= Spanish Conquering =

The spanish conquest of Bolivia was fairly easy and it all started because the rapid expansion of the Incas was making there empire weaker. Once [|Huayna Capac] died in 1527 his two sons fought over who would succed him. [|Atahualpa] defeated his brother Husacar making him the leader of the Incas. When the Spaniards arrived in 1532 Atahualpa had not yet had full power over the Incas which was a big factor on why the Incas even though they were so big, they were so weak also. When the Spaniards arrived there leader was [|Francisco Pizarro]. When Pizarro and his men arrived Atahualpa did not try to defeat him right away. So Pizarro made alliances with Indian tribes who did not like the Incas. Atahualpa was very stubborn and did not use traditional Inca ways to fight, like attacking at moon light. When Atahualpa did not compromise with the Spaniards trying to convert the Incas it led to the Bloody [|Battle of Cajamarca] where Pizarro and his men defeated the Inca 12 man honor guard and then took Atahualpa hostage and held him in the ransom room. Later they used him to control the Incan empire like the Spaniards wanted it to be and then executed him which eventually ended the Incan empire. One year later in 1534 the Incan capital of Cuzco fell under Spanish control. After this there were many rebellions that challenged the Spanish but they all failed. In 1537 Pizarro and Almagro split up North and South Bolivia with Pizzaro controlling the North and Almagro with the South. Pizarro ended up winning this civil war and executed Almagro in 1538. Three years later supporters of Almagro assasinated Pizzaro and Pizarro's brother Gonzalo controlled the land before he was executed in 1548 by the Spanish crown.