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Aztecs, Mayans, 1500-1800s
El padre de la iglesia
Father in the Church
La iglesia catholica
The Catholic Chruch
To liberate, to free
Why are there African Latinos in Latin America?
Because they were brought over from the slave trade
What happened to the native people from Centroamerica who refused to convert to the Catholic faith in 1493?
They were forced into slavery
Who said the the Native people shouldn't be slaves in 1500?
Isabea, la reina de Espana (the queen of Spain)
What did Hernan Cortes do?
He didn't listen to the Queen and had the natives as slaves anyway.
What happened to the natives in the land that the Spanish claimed for themselves?
They became slaves
Bartolome de las Casas (of the houses)
Father of the church
1502 wanted to free the slaves in the dominicana Republica
1552 wrote the book "La destruccion en el Caribe" or The destruction in the Caribean.
How many people were enslaved between 1650 and 1860?
10 to 15 million enslaved people were transported from western Africa to the Americas. Most were shipped to the west Indies, Central America and South America
Slavery in the Caribean
1492, 1496, 1498
: First contact with the Europeans
The native population
: got lots of illnesses, lots of them died
The Spainards bring Africans
-1496 with Christopher Columbus
-1496- 1838 in the Americas
-1503 in the Dominician Republic
-1789-1866 in Cuba
The abolition of slavery
In North of USA
In South of USA
Fue matado por
Was killed by
Arrived, got to
El dios/ los dioses
An eagle eating a snake on a cactus over a lake
Aztec city built on Lake Texcoco. In 1519 had a population of 200, 000.
Aztecs left homeland in search of new home
Aztecs arrived in valley of Mexico
Aztecs settled near Lake Texcoco
Tenochtitlan was founded. First temple built by Aztecs
Tepanecs were defeated
Aztecs expand and rule whole valley
Aztecs joined forces with Texcoco& Tlacopan formed triple alliance
Tenochtitlan destroyed by inundations
Moctezuma sent armies to conquer islands
Moctezuma I. died
Ahuizotu became ruler
Great temple at Tenochtitlan dedicated. Aztecs expanded soutward into Mayan terrirtoies
Moctzuma II became ruler. Aztec empire at height
Cortez come to Mexico. Moctezuma killed
Cuitlahuac elected ruler
Tenochtitlan rebuilt, named Mexico City. Declared capital of Spanish colony of New Spain.
The Aztecs thought that sacrifice was necessisary
Aztecs were famous for
Sacrifices, gods, calendar, temples and pyriamids.
Famous Aztec sites
Cholula and Teotihuacan