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spanish meet the aztecs :dagger_knife::hocho: (how the spanish conquered…
spanish meet the aztecs :dagger_knife::hocho:
Who in Hernando Cortes
left spain at 19 to get rich in the caribbean
settled in cuba
disobeyed cuba´s spanish governor and set sail for aztec civisason
could never return to cuba so settled in vericrest,Mexico
main goal was to conquer all of maso-america
had only 500 men
worldviewspanis imperialism taking over countries for spain/making the people be like them
for god,glory and gold
how the spanish conquered the aztecs
montezuma sends men to send gifts to cortes-fine jewels and feather work. hoped he would leave,believed cortes to be a god
cortez ganis an army by using fear to get other tribes to join him (tlaxcalans and cholulas)
montezuma and cortes meet
cotes takes montezuma hostage. he replaced aztec god status with roman catholic status
aztecs were unhappy with montezuma so they deserted him
aztecs were unhappy with montezuma so they deserted him
cortes leves because spanish governor sends men to arrest him
governor men massacre aztecs
governors men defeated by cortes and tlaxcalans
cortes forces montezuma to convince his people to let spanish return to tenochtitlan.aztecs stone montezuma and he dies later aztec fight spanish
cortes and his men leave and recover but left behind smallpox.killed half the population
cortes returns with more men fighting lasted 75 days cortes block off food and water supply
cortes wins.destroyed the city built his one city became governor and captain and general of new spain
spanish treatment of the aztecs after they were concerned
spanish crown give conquistadors large pieces of land to build plantation
aztecs became slave labour on plantations
ecomaids systems
isabella and ferdinand didn't like the way landholders treated slaves fernand made laws that alledfor fair treatment of indians these laws were often ignored
aztec culture destroyed codicis and statues destroyed salves build a roman catholic
slaves built the mexico city
goal was to convert aztecs to christianity
father bartolome de las casas fought for the rights of indigenous people
spanish conquistadors married aztec women the children created a new line of people