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UNIT 1: Pre-Hispanic Cultures and the Establishment of the Viceroyalty in…
UNIT 1:
Pre-Hispanic Cultures and the Establishment of the Viceroyalty in New Spain
México is located in Mesoamerica
Fertil Land.
Polytheism (Belief in
more that one god)
Construction of great cities and ceremonial centers
Good Climate
Two calendars
Diet based in corn
Development and Growth
Pre-Classical (2500 BC - 200 AD)
Classical (200-900 AD)
Post-Classical (900-1521 AD)
Arrival of Spanish
Merging Cultures
Great Variety of Traditions
Founded small kingdoms under a ruling house
-Exploratory voyages
-Conquest America
CONQUEST:
Spanish took control of American continent,
imposed their culture, religion, languaje and customs
Consequence of the fall of Eastern Roman Empire
Christoper Colombus:
Discovered a new continent (Octuber 12, 1492)
Americo Vespuccio:
Explored eastern coast of Souht America and thought it was a new continent, wich he named "America"
Diego de Velazquez and Panfilo Narvaez:
Conquered Cuba, Exploratory trips start from there (1512)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa:
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba:
Discovered Mexico
Juan Grijalva:
Toured Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico
Hernán Cortes:
Arrived Veracruz (April 22, 1519)
He notice a powerful empire and when to Tenochtitlan
Conquest of Mexica
:Pedro de Alvarado attacked Aztecs because he touhght they were planinn an Insurrection
Insurrection:
Rebelion of people
Colonization
Is a territory, political, economic or cultural power expantion over another territory
Societies were reorganized in
lordships
(Territory belonging to a lord)
Triple Alianza:
Composed by Tacuba, Texcoco and Tenochtitlan, dominated the territory and had hegemony
Hearing:
Spain government whose members heard the population´s complaints
Viceroyality:
A government represented by a king
Middle Ages
(Fifthy century to the end of the fifteenth century)
