tea Estimated number of Incas killed by smallpox between 1525 and 1532‚ when Francisco Pizarro conquered the empire: More than 200‚0001 Estimated proportion of the Aztec population of Tenochtitlan infected by smallpox in 1520‚ one year before Hernán Cortés conquered the empire: 50%2 Potatoes in all of Ireland in 1491: zero Tomatoes in all of Italy in 1491: zero Peppers in all of Spain in 1491: zero Strawberries in all of England in 1491: zero Cocoa beans in all of Switzerland in 1491: zero
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A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 1: “New World Beginnings” Summary: 225 million years ago‚ Earth was one supercontinent (Pangaea) and ocean. About 10 million years ago‚ the North America that we know today was formed (geographical shape). The first discoverers of North America were nomadic Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Though they were hunters at first‚ by 5000 BC‚ they had become hunter-gatherers with a diet of
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Chapter 1 Outline I. The Shaping of North America A. About 225 million years ago‚ a single supercontinent contained the entire world’s dry land and later enormous chunks began to drift away. B. Continuous shifting and folding of the earth’s crust formed the Appalachians‚ Rockies‚ and other huge mountain ranges. C. The Great Ice Age hits the world and when it retreated‚ it left the entire landscape of North America changed forever. II. Peopling the Americas A. Land Bridge theory 1. Occurred
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de Sahagun wrote the 12 volume General History of the Things of New Spain in 1569. His fellow churchman Diego Duran wrote the History of the Indies of New Spain and the Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar. The letters written by Hernan Cortes to Charles V are the first hand accounts of the Conquest‚ True History of the Conquest of New Spain written by
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• Encomienda allowed the government to give Indians to colonists that will Christianize them IX. The Conquest of Mexico • 1519 – Hernan Cortes set sail for Mexico • Saved a Spanish castaway and picked up and Indian female slave • Looking for gold and wealth‚ afraid of retreat‚ burnt all his ships • Aztec chieftain Moctezuma believed Cortes was a legendary god and allowed him to the capital Tenochtitlan (eventually destroyed to make Christian
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When you hear the name of one of the great civilization of all time‚ The Aztecs‚ what comes to mind? Is it their most famous leader‚ Montezuma‚ or the man who defeated and conquered them‚ Hernán Cortés? The Aztec’s‚ a Native American civilization from Mexico‚ attitude toward the invading Spaniards had change through the course of interaction with them. For example‚ the first group of people Montezuma were in awe because they believe that the conquistadores were God sent. As Montezuma sent more and
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Tenochtitlan‚ built on a raised island in Lake Texcoco. Modern Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish colonization of the Americas reached the mainland during the reign of Huey Tlatoani Moctezuma II (Montezuma II). In 1521 Hernán Cortés‚ and an allied army of other Native Americans which far outnumbered the defending Aztecs‚ conquered the Aztecs through germ warfare‚ siege warfare‚ modern warfare‚ and direct combat.[1] From 1376 until 1427‚ the Mexica were a tributary of Azcapotzalco
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Mexico: A Look at Our Neighbor When we take a look at our homeland‚ the United States‚ we see that we are bordered to the South by Mexico. Mexico is located in Middle America‚ bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico‚ between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean‚ between Guatemala and the U.S. Mexico accounts for a total area of 1‚972‚550 square kilometers‚ including 49‚510 square kilometers of water. The country also accounts for several terrain
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Savage or Civilized: Aztecs vs The Spanish Imagine what it would of been like if the Aztecs won the battle of 1519 against the Spanish. Would present day Mexico be a lot more different than what it is today? Would of they have been more advanced or a lot more savage? During the past few couple of weeks I’ve learned a lot about the Aztecs and Spanish and how the encounter of these two civilizations from different sides of the world affected the world that we live in now today. I was also
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had already built and established. Hernan Cortés‚ in his letter to King Charles V‚ says “this great city Tenochtitlán is built on the salt lake…”‚ “The city is a large as Seville or Cordoba. “‚ “there are bridges‚ very large‚ strong‚ and well constructed…”‚ “The city has many squares where markets are held…”‚ suggesting that the cities that the natives had already built were like the Spanish’s‚ before they took over and destroyed them. As a European conqueror Cortes would have seen the strength of the
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