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| Why were Cortes men upset and why because of that |
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| They were upset because Cortes promised them gold and silver from the Aztecs but saw it being sent back to Spain. |
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| What changed in the Aztecs religious views after the Spanish victory. |
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| Aztec priests thought that During the war Aztec priests had told the people that if they kept praying the gods would bring them to victory. When this did not happen the people thought that their gods had abandoned them. |
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| What did the Spainsh change about the Aztecs? |
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Religion - Franciscans and other Missionaries converted many of the Aztecs that survived to Christian. They destroyed Aztec temples and burnt the codices. They took Aztec chiefs children and taught them to read, write, and chant. Poorer kids were brought to the courtyard and taught Catholic faith. They wanted no trace of the Aztecs to remain.
Economic system - The Spanish changed their system to the encomienda system that they set up in all of their colonies.
With each piece of land there was a number of Aztec workers
These workers were not paid but they had legal rights. They had to be treated well and taught christianity. Some landowners abused the workers. There were laws to stop this but since spain was so far away they had little effects of the colonies. ladder with the Spanish at the top and the Aztecs at the bottom |
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| What was the marriage law? |
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| forced soldiers to to bring over there wifes within 6 months or marry and aboriginal woman. If not they would lose their encomienda |
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| What happened when Cortes was kicked out and why was he kicked out |
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King Carlos took the governorship of New Spain away from Cortes. He gave the job to Don Antonio de Mendoza. Mendoza became the first viceroy in New Spain. (royal representative)
Scholars think that he might have been a little too good at what he did. The king may have feared that Cortés would say he was king of the colony and separate from Spain.
Or at least that he would look after his own interests first and those of the king second. |
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| Was New Spain still under control of King Carlos and what did this result in? |
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King Carlos made it clear that the colony was under the direct control of the Spanish Crown.
The colony had to keep giving tribute (gold, silver, and farm products) to Spain to pay for the king’s European wars.
Settlers began to think that what was being done was good for the king was not necessarily good for them.
It was making Spain extremely wealthy, but New Spain itself was lacking in good roads, schools, and housing |
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| A metal plate fixed to a wall to commemorate a certain person or event. |
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| a set of beliefs or principles |
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| An unfortunate event that causes a lot of damage |
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| A religion with missionaries founded by St. Francis of Assisi |
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| a system where soldiers received a piece of land and with each piece of land there was a number of Aztec workers assigned. |
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| A mixed race of Spanish and Indigenous descent. |
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| A mixed race of European and Black descent, |
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| A Mexican celebration to pray for spirits. |
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| Visual description mostly in literature. |
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