1. Mestizaje: Spanish Conquest and The Creation of Mexico I.Spanish Drive for Conquest II.Coup d’tat: New Spanish Empire III.Settlement of New Mexico

3. Coatlicue: Earth Godess Lady of the Serpent Skirt Mother of light and dark

4. Acculturation/ Assimilation: Mexican Virgin La Malinche/ Doña Marina

5. I. Spanish Drive for Conquest A. European Trade Competition B. La Reconquista C. Religious Fanaticism: El Requerimiento

6. II. Coup d’tat: The New Spanish Empire A. Mexica Empire  Aztec Empire, 1519  The feathered Serpent: Quetzalcóatl

7. B. New Spain’s Economic Regions

8. III. Settlement of New Mexico A)Building on Ancient Trade Routes

9. B) Sedentary Vs. Nomadic People C) Language: Group Identity/ Group Division  Pueblo Bonito (Present Day Arizona—Artist Rendition)  Pueblo Language Groups (Below Right)

10. Hopi: Snake Dance Priest and Apprentice  (Photos by Edward Curtis circa 1900)

11.  Hopi Snake Dance  (photo by Edward Curtis, circa 1900)

12. D. Assimilation Mechanisms Divide and Conquer Church: Forced Conversion (Civilizing Gente sin Razon)