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Focus: How did the Spanish arrival affect the Aztecs? Do Now: Multiple Choice Check-in. Struggling in this class? Want 10% extra credit? COME TO SATURDAY REGENTS PREP EVERY WEEK UNTIL REGENTS WEEK!
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Notes: The Encomienda System 1.Overview 1492-95: quest for raw materials (gold) Tribute system Arrival of priests and Conquistadors to take territory/convert Natives Spain takes over Cuba—sets up the encomienda system
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2. What was the Encomienda System? - replaces tribute system - encourages colonization; enslavement of Tainos - Indians must be paid “wages” 3. Key Conquistadors/Conquests - Hernan Cortes: 1519 arrives in Mexico; 1521, Aztec empire falls - Aztec superstition and religion HELPS the Spanish - Quetzalcoatl
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Conquistadors/Conquests PERU - Francisco Pizzaro: 1532 arrives in South America, defeats the Incas - Spanish mindset/advantages
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Cortes’ Route through Mexico
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Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan…1519
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Trial Documents Keep a running list of thoughts in the MARGINS of the documents that answer the following questions: How do the Spanish feel about the Aztecs? How do the Aztecs feel about the Spanish? How do these documents inform the trial arguments?
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