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He arrived in San Salvador. There was no gold so he explored other islands, claiming each one for Spain.
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The Spanish brought Africans to work on plantations and in gold & silver mines, and the Portuguese brought them to Brazil to work for the sugar industry. England was the leading carrier of enslaved Africans from 1690-1807. Between 1500-1870 Europeans imported around 9.5 million Africans to the Americas.
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Cortés and the Spanish won due to superior weapons (muskets and cannons vs arrows), rebellion by native groups, and the Aztec's lack of immunity to European diseases.
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He kidnapped Atahualpa, the Incan king, and held him for a huge ransom of gold and silver. He collected the ransom and then killed him anyway.
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Jamestown was England's first permanent settlement in North America. The settlers looked for gold instead of planting crops and 70% of them died of hunger/disease/battles with Native Americans. Eventually they discovered tobacco, and high British demand turned it into a sucessful cash crop.
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Plymouth was founded by the Pilgrims, a group who were seeking religous freedom. Plymouth later merged with the Massachusettes Bay Colony, which was founded by the Puritans.
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Also called the Seven Years War, the British victory pushed the French out of North America.
