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Cortès and the Conquest of Mexico

Cortès and the Conquest of Mexico . Who were the Conquistadores?. Most had experience in the Caribbean Most were lower middle class, a small # were “hidalgos” All expected wealth, land, Indian slaves, & political positions Most died in Mesoamerica & South America. Cortès & the Maya.

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Cortès and the Conquest of Mexico

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  1. Cortès and the Conquest of Mexico

  2. Who were the Conquistadores? • Most had experience in the Caribbean • Most were lower middle class, a small # were “hidalgos” • All expected wealth, land, Indian slaves, & political positions • Most died in Mesoamerica & South America

  3. Cortès & the Maya • First encounter in the Yucatan in 1519 • 1,500 Yucatan Maya died, 37 Spaniards died • Geronimo de Aguilar, shipwrecked for 8 years

  4. Who was Malinche? • Malintzìn, Doña Marina, Malinche • Given to Cortès as a slave in 1519 • Spoke Nahuatl, Maya, & Spanish • Died in 1520s

  5. Quetzalcoatl • “The Feathered Serpent” • Tall, bearded, white god who was going to return

  6. Moctezuma

  7. Tenochtitlan

  8. Cortes and Moctezuma

  9. Reasons for the Fall of the Aztecs • Disease: Smallpox, typhoid, cholera, malaria, influenza • Technology & Weaponry • Native Allies angry with the Aztecs

  10. Religion & Colonization • Aztec temples destroyed • Franciscan, Dominican, Augustinian Friars in charge of conversion to Catholicism

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