1. Colonial Latin America
Colonial Empires
Conquistador
Hernan Cortes_
Aztec
Fall of the Aztec
Conquest of Mexico
Cortes wrote to Emperor Charles V in 151 about what he found:
“It happened…that a Spaniard saw an Indian…eating a piece of flesh from the body of an Indian who had been killed…I had the culprit burned, explaining that his having killed that Indian and eaten him was prohibited by Your Majesty. I further made the chief understand that all people...must abstain from this custom…I came to protect their lives and property, and to teach them that they were to adore but one God…that they must turn from their idols, and the rites they had practiced, for these were lies which the devil had invented…I, likewise, had come to teach them that Your Majesty rules the universe, and they also must submit themselves to you and do all that we, who are Your Majesty’s ministers here, might order them.”
What does this letter tell us about Cortes’ attitude towards Aztec culture? Use at least two specific examples from the letter to support your answer.
Conquest of Peru
Colonial Latin America
Colonial Government
Colonial Society A B C
Native American Indians
Enslaved Persons
A) ______________: born in Spain
B) _________: born in colonies; Spanish parents
C) _________: Spanish and Native American parents

2. Colonial Latin America
Colonial Empires
Conquistador
Hernan Cortes_
Aztec
Fall of the Aztec
Conquest of Mexico
Cortes wrote to Emperor Charles V in 151 about what he found:
“It happened…that a Spaniard saw an Indian…eating a piece of flesh from the body of an Indian who had been killed…I had the culprit burned, explaining that his having killed that Indian and eaten him was prohibited by Your Majesty. I further made the chief understand that all people...must abstain from this custom…I came to protect their lives and property, and to teach them that they were to adore but one God…that they must turn from their idols, and the rites they had practiced, for these were lies which the devil had invented…I, likewise, had come to teach them that Your Majesty rules the universe, and they also must submit themselves to you and do all that we, who are Your Majesty’s ministers here, might order them.”
What does this letter tell us about Cortes’ attitude towards Aztec culture? Use at least two specific examples from the letter to support your answer.
Conquest of Peru
Colonial Latin America
Colonial Government
Colonial Society A B C
Native American Indians
Enslaved Persons
A) ______________: born in Spain
B) _________: born in colonies; Spanish parents
C) _________: Spanish and Native American parents

3. Transatlantic Slave Trade Effects of Slave Trade on Africa
British Colonies
French Colonies
Portuguese Colonies
Spanish Colonies
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Labor Shortages in colonies:
Slave Trade:
Middle Passage:
Effects of Slave Trade on Africa

4. Transatlantic Slave Trade Effects of Slave Trade on Africa
British Colonies
French Colonies
Portuguese Colonies
Spanish Colonies
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Labor Shortages in colonies:
Slave Trade:
Middle Passage:
Effects of Slave Trade on Africa