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Hernando Cortes

Hernando Cortes. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar Santo Domingo (aka Dominican Republic)

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Hernando Cortes

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Interpret

• What kind of man is Velaquez?

• How do you know?

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Cuba

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Sailing from Cuba…

…to Mexico

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Thinking Back…

• In past cultures we have studied, what happened when Europeans travel to “discover” or explore a “new” place?

• What is the interaction like between the native people and the European settlers?

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February of 1519February of 1519

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Present-day Cozumel Island,

Mexico

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Potonchan (present-day

Tabasco)

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Veracruz

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Aztecs greet Spanish

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Cortes sunk his ships

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Thinking Ahead

• What do you think Cortes is going to do? What is his plan?

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Cortes 1519-1521

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Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital

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Moctezuma II

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Inferring?

• What do Moctezuma’s actions say about his values?

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Cortes takes Moctezuma

IIcaptive

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You are Cortes

• You have the capital city of the Aztec Empire under control and have taken their leader captive. The Aztecs are unhappy with you and now a fleet of the Spanish army is sailing to arrest you.

• What is your plan?

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Cortes attacks Spanish

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You are the Aztecs• These strangers have come into your city. Your

leader gave them your gold and other precious gifts, and these strangers took your leader hostage.

• Now, the leader of the Spaniards, Cortes, and 300 of his best soldiers have gone to battle the Spanish army at the shore 200 miles away, but left the rest of his army in your city.

• You are angry with your leader for letting them in and angry with the Spanish for trying to take over your empire.

• What is your plan?

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Aztecs attack Spaniards

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Cortes attacks

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Follow-up Questions

• Based on the story, what was the Aztec Empire like before the Spanish arrived?

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Follow-up Questions

• If Cortes and the Spaniards never entered Mexico, how might Mexico be different today?