Cortes’s march into Mexico and by 1545 Spanish conquests extended from northern Mexico to southern Chili. Cortes way of living off the land after entering Montezuma was establishing peaceful relations with the native people when he could and killing them when he thought necessary. Throughout this New World riches filled Spanish treasure chests while the native population was forced into labor and if Cortes did not kill them deadly epidemics did. New Spain had a system of governing used during the Reconquest1
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(1542) Oidores Repartimiento Requerimiento Royal Patronage Tahuantinsuyo Vice-roy Peoples (Historical significance‚ where‚ when) Atahualpa Charles I (Charles V) Christopher Columbus Doña Marina (Malinche) Francisco Pizarro Hernán Cortés Huascar Isabel John II Manco Inca Moctezuma Pedro Alvares Cabral Indigenous ethnic groups (Historical significance/contribution‚ where‚ when) Arawaks Aztecs Cañaris Incas Mayas Mexicas Nahuas Olmecs Quechuas Tlaxcalans
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Throughout the Broken spears there are numerous accounts of the Columbian exchange supported by the historical facts in Traditions and encounters. Diffusion of the Columbian exchange is evident in the broken spears starting in chapter two when Cortes arrived at the shore of Tenochtitlan where a macehual views the Spaniards boats. In the chapters following Motecuhzomas messengers come in contact with the Spaniards and there fire arms‚ animals‚ food‚ and advanced iron armor. The messengers explain
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Spanish conquest of Mexico or generally understood to be the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–21) began in February 1519. It was completed on August 13‚ 1521 when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcala warriors‚ led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger‚ captured the emperor Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan‚ the capital of the Aztec Empire (Today Mexico City). In South America‚ after years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes‚ 168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco
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conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of less advanced warriors. In the early days of Spanish exploration‚ their goal was not to wage war with the lands native nations. The Spanish were strangers to the new world and‚ therefore
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Texts used: Clendinnen‚ Inga‚ “Fierce and Unnatural Cruelty”: Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico”‚ representations‚ No 33‚ 1991‚ pp. 65-100. Windschuttle‚ Keith‚ selections from “Omnipotence of signs: Semiotics and the conquest of America”‚ from‚ the Killing of History: how literary critics and social theorists are murdering our past‚ Macleay‚ Paddington‚ 1994. Pp. 39-44‚ 51-59‚ 65-70. Critique: Keith Windshuttle and Inga Clendinnen wrote articles illustrating their points of view about why and
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Raiyat Binzaman September 8‚ 2012 APUSH Mr. Symons Outline: Chapter 1 - The Meeting of Cultures I. America Before Columbus * At first‚ early settlers of America formed small nomadic groups‚ hunting and fishing to obtain food. * Gradually‚ stable civilizations were formed‚ many of substantial sizes and variety. II. The Civilizations of the South * The greatest of these civilizations were in South America and in Mexico * These
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Unit 7- Essay: The Americas The Aztecs and Inca people had many issues and concerns when they came in contact with the European people. In this essay I will be comparing the issues‚ and concerns of Aztec and Inca cultures to their contacts with the Europeans. Some of the issues that I will be discussing are from the time period that covered roughly the 1400’s to roughly around the 1500’s. The Aztecs were American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to 1500’s. In
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Spaniards had over the Aztecs was their fire weapons and military training. Even if they had bigger numbers than the Spanish‚ the Aztecs’ rudimentary weapons and undisciplined warfare didn’t even give them a chance to win against the Conquistadors lead by Cortés. 5. What were the religious beliefs of both groups? Which group tried to convert the other one to their religion? The Spaniards were strong Roman Catholics and the Aztecs had their own religion with Quetzalcoatl as their main god. They’re widely
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build their own empire. By 1500 they ruled a densely populated empire. The Aztecs were impressed into building elaborate canals and reclamation projects (Bulliet xxx). The Aztecs also built impressive cities‚ and promoted irrigation projects. Hernan Cortes‚ Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. The Conquistadors were 16th century Spanish individuals who conquered Mexico‚ Central America‚ and Peru (Bulliet‚ 438). The Conquistadors migrated to the Caribbean
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