How were the Aztec and Inca empires impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization?


A. Conquistadors made peace with the empires, and then Europeans set up colonies.


B. The Aztec and Inca empires shrank and survived only into the 1700s.


C. Conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements.


D. The Aztec and Inca resisted and expelled both conquistadors and European settlers.