HSS8, Aztecs 3
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aztec emperor
hernan cortes, the conquistador
led the spanish troops towards the aztecs
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Moctezuma
aztec emperor
hernan cortes, the conquistador
led the spanish troops towards the aztecs
cortes went to
the carribean
what was spain doing in the carribean?
building colonies to search for gold
spanish worldview
confront and conquer
the conquistadors formula
the spanish would pretend to be peaceful, invite their leader over, threaten to kill him, fight on open ground, enslave the indigenous
cortez was promised
farmland, not gold
cortez asked to be second in command to who on the expedition to conquer cuba?
governor velazquez
cortez sent two expeditions to where
yucatan peninsula
the civilization in yucatan was
stronger than anything the spanish had ever seen before
cortez was a ___ leader
ruthless
Before striking inland to the aztec empire, what did cortez do
establish a town
la villa rica de la veracruz
the name of the town that cortez established
la villa rica de la vercruz was located on
the coast of mexico
after establishing his colony on the coast, cortes
decided to march to the heart of the aztec empire, tenochtitlan
on the way to tenochtitlan, cortes encountered
other indigenous people
cortes decided to do what with the other indigenous people
either befriend or conquer them
intermediary
a link
who was the intermediary
malinache
why was malinache the intermediary
he could speak both mayan, nahuatl, and spanishm
who was malinache
a slave from a neighboring tribe
totonacs
invited cortes and complained about the tribute the aztecs collected, cortez granted them protection in exchange for warriors
Tlaxcalans
fought the spanish until offered peace, 1000 of their soldiers were added to the spanish
cholulans
loyal allies of the aztecs, were conquered by the spanish
the aztecs and the spanish were not
evenly matched
weapons that the spanish had that the aztecs didn’t
muskets, cannons, horses
what diseases did the europeans bring
smallpox
why did smallpox help the spanish
killed a quarter of the aztecs
why didn;t the spanish get smallpox
they had been exposed to it before and had immunity, and not everyone who caught it died
cortes was taken to stay where?
the palace of moctezuma’s late father
why were the spanish amazed by the market?
they saw more evidence of golden treasure
after placing moctezuma under house arrest they made him
become a subject of spanish rule
why did cortes leave tenochtitlan
to deal with the threat from velaquez
who did cortes leave in charge of tenochtitlan
pedro de alvarado
what did alvarado do
let the aztecs hold a festival and then massacre all the dancer
when cortes finished with velazquez and came back to tenochtitlan
it was in an uproar
how did cortes try to calm the people
by getting moctezuma to talk to them
how did the people respond to moctezuma
they threw stones at himhow
did moctezuma die
either by the stones thrown at him or he was strangled by the spanish
the aztecs attacked the spanish and
killed some, drove the rest out
six months later
cortes returned with a more powerful army and attacked tenochtitlan
how did the spanish defeat the aztecs
they cut the aquaducts
how long did it take the spanish to take over tenochtitlan
80 dayswhat
did the spanish do to the city as they caputred it
tore it down
how many aztecs survived the spanish
60 thousand