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The fall of great empires and the arrive of the Conquistadors : Who are the Triangles?. Play while students are entering http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/videos. Conquistador. Conquistador: Spanish explorers and conqueror. The Aztec. Call themselves Mexica (x makes a sh sound) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The fall of great empires and the
arrive of the Conquistadors :
Who are the Triangles?
The fall of great empires and the
arrive of the Conquistadors :
Who are the Triangles?
Play while students are entering http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/video
s
Play while students are entering http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/video
s
ConquistadorConquistador
Conquistador: Spanish explorers and conqueror
Conquistador: Spanish explorers and conqueror
The AztecThe Aztec
Call themselves Mexica (x makes a sh sound)
Poor nomadic people Wander around and get kicked out of places Become soldiers for hire God of war Huitzilopochtli tells them to
found a city of their own
Call themselves Mexica (x makes a sh sound)
Poor nomadic people Wander around and get kicked out of places Become soldiers for hire God of war Huitzilopochtli tells them to
found a city of their own
Tells the Mexica to look for aneagle perched on a cactusholding a snake
They find this on a small islandin Lake Texcoco
Found their city there and name it Tenochtitlan
No other groups really care -it’s a bad place to live
TenochtitlanTenochtitlan
The Mexica begin to better their city Drain marshes Bring in irrigation Build chinampas - floating gardens Add land to their island
The Mexica begin to better their city Drain marshes Bring in irrigation Build chinampas - floating gardens Add land to their island
The Triple AllianceThe Triple Alliance
Aztecs form alliance with two other city-states surrounding Lake Texcoco
Texcoco Tlacopan Early 1500’s - empire of 80,000 square
miles, 38 provinces, 5-15 million people
Aztecs form alliance with two other city-states surrounding Lake Texcoco
Texcoco Tlacopan Early 1500’s - empire of 80,000 square
miles, 38 provinces, 5-15 million people
Building an EmpireBuilding an Empire
Aztecs use war machine to conquer Loose political control Demand tribute - gold, maize, cacao beans,
cotton, jade Use military as a punishment
Aztecs use war machine to conquer Loose political control Demand tribute - gold, maize, cacao beans,
cotton, jade Use military as a punishment
ReligionReligion
Dominates life much like the Maya Worship gods such as Quetzalcoatl,
Huizilopochtli, Ehcatl, Xipe Totec Gods need blood to sustain life - huge
amounts of human sacrifice take place Need to conquer more lands to get more
captives for sacrifice - Flowery War Conquered nations not happy
Dominates life much like the Maya Worship gods such as Quetzalcoatl,
Huizilopochtli, Ehcatl, Xipe Totec Gods need blood to sustain life - huge
amounts of human sacrifice take place Need to conquer more lands to get more
captives for sacrifice - Flowery War Conquered nations not happy
Xipe TotecXipe Totec
Our Lord the Flayed One Very particular form of sacrifice demanded Gets the Aztec in big trouble early in their
history
Our Lord the Flayed One Very particular form of sacrifice demanded Gets the Aztec in big trouble early in their
history
Montezuma and Cortes
The Spanish ConquestThe Spanish Conquest
1519 - Cortes lands off eastern coast of Mexico with 550 soldiers and sailors
16 horses are there as well - first ones ever in the New World
Natives are not sure what to think - are these people gods or humans?
1519 - Cortes lands off eastern coast of Mexico with 550 soldiers and sailors
16 horses are there as well - first ones ever in the New World
Natives are not sure what to think - are these people gods or humans?
The ConquistadorsThe Conquistadors
Have steel swords Cannons Guns Horses
Have steel swords Cannons Guns Horses
Montezuma’s DilemmaMontezuma’s Dilemma
Montezuma is the Aztec emperor What should he do with newcomers Are they the return of Quetzalcoatl? Has to be cautious - sends gifts to them and
tells them not to bother traveling to Tenochtitlan
Conquistadors continue inland - sporadic fighting occurs
Montezuma is the Aztec emperor What should he do with newcomers Are they the return of Quetzalcoatl? Has to be cautious - sends gifts to them and
tells them not to bother traveling to Tenochtitlan
Conquistadors continue inland - sporadic fighting occurs
Quetzalcoatl was described to be a white skinned man with a beard
Cortez arrived during this celebration and looked like this god
Quetzalcoatl was described to be a white skinned man with a beard
Cortez arrived during this celebration and looked like this god
Montezuma Lets Them InMontezuma Lets Them In
He is too indecisive Allows the conquistadors into Tenochtitlan
and treats them as guests Conquistadors are shocked by what they see
- good and bad
He is too indecisive Allows the conquistadors into Tenochtitlan
and treats them as guests Conquistadors are shocked by what they see
- good and bad
Cortez shocked by the human sacrifices said to get rid of destroy all ideals
Aztecs PO Cortez took Montezuma prisoner Cortez found out Aztec killed some of his
troops Cortez order Montezuma to burn all the
soldiers involved in the attack were burned alive
Cortez shocked by the human sacrifices said to get rid of destroy all ideals
Aztecs PO Cortez took Montezuma prisoner Cortez found out Aztec killed some of his
troops Cortez order Montezuma to burn all the
soldiers involved in the attack were burned alive
Cortez was obsessed with the gold Aztec had their fill of the Spanish and ran
them out Aztec started to get small pox Spanish army reattached and conquered
80 days of a siege
Cortez was obsessed with the gold Aztec had their fill of the Spanish and ran
them out Aztec started to get small pox Spanish army reattached and conquered
80 days of a siege
Spanish RegroupSpanish Regroup
Conquistadors escape and regroup Take refuge with Tlaxcalan allies Attack Tenochtitlan again Divide conquistadors up and have a flotilla
attack all at once Aztec are defeated
Conquistadors escape and regroup Take refuge with Tlaxcalan allies Attack Tenochtitlan again Divide conquistadors up and have a flotilla
attack all at once Aztec are defeated
INCASINCAS
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-inca-civilization-pre-columbian-south-america.html
http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-rise-of-the-incas
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-inca-civilization-pre-columbian-south-america.html
http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-rise-of-the-incas
ExploringExploring
Spain explored from California to Florida Juan Ponce de Leon
searched
Legend of youthful water-never found DARN!
Spain explored from California to Florida Juan Ponce de Leon
searched
Legend of youthful water-never found DARN!
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081102125950/pirates/images/d/d6/Juan_Ponce_de_Leon.jpg
ExploringExploring
DeSoto: searched the Southeast for gold He died
Francisco Coronado: explored the southwest Lots of native resistance
DeSoto: searched the Southeast for gold He died
Francisco Coronado: explored the southwest Lots of native resistance
Settling New SpainSettling New Spain
Conquistadors were bad rulers at first
Three types of settlements Pueblos:towns; centers of trade Presidios: forts were soldiers
lived Missions: religious settlements
run by Catholic priests
Conquistadors were bad rulers at first
Three types of settlements Pueblos:towns; centers of trade Presidios: forts were soldiers
lived Missions: religious settlements
run by Catholic priests
Social ClassesSocial Classes Haciendas: Large land tracts
Given to Peninsulares
Haciendas: Large land tracts Given to Peninsulares
Who is going to work land?Who is going to work land? Ecomiendas: land
grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Natives Social class system
Start of Atlantic Slave Trade
Ecomiendas: land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Natives Social class system
Start of Atlantic Slave Trade
http://9f1780.medialib.glogster.com/media/357a382c1179f7959ec74b2cad93b88e83ab76aa467b610834dd186df1f57797/social-classes.jpg
Social ClassesSocial Classes
Peninsulares: born in Spain, highest jobs in gov & Church
Creoles: people born in the Americas to Spanish parents
Mestizos: Mixed Spanish & Indian
Labor (enslaved & Natvies)
Peninsulares: born in Spain, highest jobs in gov & Church
Creoles: people born in the Americas to Spanish parents
Mestizos: Mixed Spanish & Indian
Labor (enslaved & Natvies)