Western Mexico In The 16-17th Century

Conquest is defined as the control of a place or people by use of force. Colonization occurs when more species populate an area. After the Mexican American war the Mexican border went up in San Ysidro California creating disagreement between territories. Conquest produced local, regional, and national patterns of change and development. The conquest of New Mexico and the Unites Sates Southwest now had distinguishable contradictions and tensions.

1. The story line I am going to talk about is power and oppression, throughout California 's history there has been many events of power and oppression that has shaped California’s history in many ways. I selected this storyline because I am able to relate many of these events that have happened throughout history. I will described the Spanish and Mexican period, the Americanization period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century to today.

The Spanish Conquest of Mexico and the Aztec people started when Hernán Cortés led the Spanish conquistadors to Tenochtitlán and conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519. The Spaniards had gunpowder, dogs, horses, and armor that would help fight against the Azteca. The Native Americans wanted to only wound their enemies with their woodened clubs tipped and sharp obsidian that was powerful enough to smash the Spaniard’s helmets. The use of the double-bladed swords helped the Spaniards fight close combat with the Indians. As soon as their chief died the Azteca would back down. Not only did the weapons cause a huge impact on the Aztec but also the spread of diseases such as smallpox that were carried by the Europeans affected the population. After conquering the Indians, the intensions of the Spanish in Mexico was to spread their beliefs about Christianity, find gold and use them as slaves. In drastic ways the Spaniards changed the native communities, for instance plagues spread throughout the whole country side after the defeat of Tenochtitlán. Smallpox, measles, and influenza were the outbreaks that hit urban cities the hardest. In 1520-1521 an outbreak of smallpox caused thousands to die because Azteca medicine was not affective against these diseases. The second outbreak occurred in 1531 and it was smallpox again but combined with measles and the third wave of the disease lasted from 1576 to 1581 killing 300,000 to 400,000 of the Aztec population. The Native Americans did not

While most of what has happened historically is clouded by speculation and wonder, some events have been well-documented. The Conquest of the Americas by the Spanish was an event in which many aspects were recorded, which has helped historians tremendously. The Broken Spears is a historical outlook on the Spanish Conquest of the Americas that includes several different texts written by many different indigenous people. Numerous texts are written in such a way that show the fear that the people experienced while having their towns overtaken, while other texts simply explain what was happening at the time. In Traditions and Encounters, a more factual approach is

Aztec culture, also known as Mexica culture, was a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521, during the time in which a triple alliance of the Mexica, Texcoca and Tepaneca tribes established the Aztec empire. The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The Aztec have also referred to themselves as the Meshika or Mehika.

SECTION TWO: Anglo Expansion: B. In less than thirty-year’s time, Texas was a province in New Spain, a frontier state of Mexico, its own independent republic, and ultimately the twenty-eighth state admitted into the United States. Explain how this transformation occurred. Was there one key event that signaled the transformation, or was it due to a combination of forces and if so, what were they?

Representation” by Michael Schreffler argues that “ . . . early modern rhetoric and iconography . . . constructed a distorted view of painting in Aztec Mexico and entangled it in the conventions of colonial historiography” (407). This essay is effective because of its thorough examination of the accounts that explain a painting made by the Aztec’s at San Juan de Ulúa on Easter Sunday of 1519.

The Conquest of Mexico began with rumors in Spain about an island in the new world that where streets were built on water and filled castles with filled with gold. The city at the root of the rumors was Tenochtitlan, ruled by Moctezuma II. Cortés begins his journey to conquer Mexica in February 1519. The first major Battle was the Cholula Massacre, where Cortés along with translator Dona Marina and the Tlaxcalans he had persuaded to join him defeated the Cholulans; As Cortés sets his sights on the city surrounded by water, Tenochtitlan, word of his arrival had reached Moctezuma, who prepared for the arrival of what he believed was the sovereign God of Tenochtitlan; Moctezuma realized far too late the grave mistake he made in welcoming Cortés

How was Cortes with 508 soldiers able to conquer the Aztec Empire with millions of peoples inside its borders? Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec people for several different reasons. The Aztecs had a very harsh tribute system that was not popular among the other peoples of Mexico. This ferocious tribute system allowed Cortes to act as a “liberator” of some sort. Additionally, with the Spanish came several diseases the Aztec peoples had never encountered. The spread of diseases such as small pox and many others drastically reduced the Aztec population and sped up Cortes’ cause. Malintzin, a tribal girl given as a gift to Cortes, was helpful in translating local dialects and communicating amongst Amerindians. Also an important aspect of

Long ago there was a large, powerful empire. This empire had built many large buildings and temples. Those structures are now underneath the streets, buildings, and churches of Mexico City. This empire was the Aztec.

What – Empire made up of different people whose religion was made up of different gods.

The Spanish conquest of Mexico drastically influenced modern day Latin America. It generated a mixture of race, a vast number of dialects, and religious syncretism with the Catholic faith. The Conquest was more than just the subjugation of the Mexica people, it was the beginning of the advancement in the Americas. The conquest involved three main aspects that were crucial to its success. The rise of subdued indigenous people by the Mexica. The great devastation caused by European disease to the natives. Lastly, the Spaniards cunning and military superiority. Without these three aspects the conquest of Mexico might have gone a different direction.

·The Aztec’s origins are not certain, but we know they settled in the lands of now Mexico where an eagle landed on a cactus.

In 1519 about 500 Spanish men left Cuba and arrived in Mexico. A man named Cortez wanted to claim Spain for himself. Rumors were gold another riches were supposedly found in Mexico. The Aztecs heard of their coming to Mexico so they brought men over to them with the gifts to please them. Cortez realize that they were outnumbered and decided to take some of the Aztec men hostage. This cause controversy but the Spanish came at them with guns and fire. This fighting went on for three months before the Aztec surrendered. The emperor of the Incas came at them with peace but the Spaniards ambush them and killing thousands. This was the fall of the Aztecs and the Incas in the Spaniards came in overruled.

Mexico has had a history characterized by agriculture, resource extraction and an underdeveloped industrial climate. When the Spaniards first arrived in the country they were merchants and silver miners, who diversified their investments with landed estates. At the time the indigenous farmers were the largest members of the population. New Spain as it was called at the time was seen by Spain as a means of wealth. The colonial economy of Mexico was fairly successful as they were able to produce much of their own food and products from ranching. They also had a textile industry that helped them be fairly self-sufficient in supplying their own needs. In 1804 Spain implemented a policy that forced mortgage holders to have to pay the principal