The Invasion & Occupation of Mesoamerica, 1480-1821
Interpretations
Victims
Resisters
Survivalist interpretation
Atrocities
Background to Spanish Conquest
Muslims of North Africa, 711
Northern Christian Kingdoms
La Reconquista
Moors
Queen Isabel & King Fernando marriage, 1479
Aragon & Castile Kingdoms
Granada, 1492
Christian Reconquista
Christopher Columbus, 1492
West Indies
Caribbean
The Portuguese & European Slave Trade
Western Coast of Africa
Results of Conquest
Antonio de Montesinos
Bartolome de las Casas
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Invasion of Tenochtitlan
Hernan Cortez
Conquistadores
God, Gold, & Glory
Veracruz, 1519
Tenochtitlan
Moctezuma
Cuahtemoc
Legend of Sun God’s return
Conquest Complete
New Spain
Why were Spanish victorious?
Superior Weaponry
European Disease
Military Alliances
Tlaxcalans
Attacked Surrounding Groups
Tarasco, Oaxaca, Maya
Malinche, 1502-1527
Malinalli
Tabasco, 1519
Marina
Quiche
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Nahuatli
Position
Baby
Marriage
Death
Meanings & status
Disease: Colonial Period
Tenochtitlan
Scorched-earth strategy
Labor
Viceroy
Encomiendas
Encomenderos
Protection laws
Bartolome de las Casas
Controlling Natives
Municipios
Catholic Church
Caste System
Peninsular
Criollo
Indio
Negro
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Numerous subcategories
Mestizo
Mulatto
Zambo
Other mixtures & combinations
Mestizo & Mulatto
Mestizo & Spanish
Mulatto & African
Passing & Moving up in social status/class
Women in Colonial Mesoamerica
Pre-colonial times
Under Spanish Rule
Hyper-patriarchal
Marriage under Spanish rule
Family Structure under Spanish rule
Early marriages under Spanish rule
Hyper-patriarchal
In the end
Assimilating Native Women
Missions
Churches
Women Workers
Pre-colonial period
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During colonial period
Native women
Mix-bloods
Spanish / Criollas
Type of work
Virgen de Guadalupe
Juan Diego
Tepeyac
Tonantzin
Mother of Gods
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