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    1. Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, arrived in Mexico in 1518 seeking gold and to claim land for Spain. 2. With the help of the Native American translator Malintzin, Cortes befriended the Aztec ruler Montezuma, who believed Cortes was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. 3. After seizing Montezuma and taking Aztec gold, Cortes and his men were driven out by rebels. However, smallpox introduced by the Spanish devastated the Aztec population and allowed Cortes to return and defeat the Aztecs by 1521.

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    1. Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, arrived in Mexico in 1518 seeking gold and to claim land for Spain. 2. With the help of the Native American translator Malintzin, Cortes befriended the Aztec ruler Montezuma, who believed Cortes was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. 3. After seizing Montezuma and taking Aztec gold, Cortes and his men were driven out by rebels. However, smallpox introduced by the Spanish devastated the Aztec population and allowed Cortes to return and defeat the Aztecs by 1521.

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    1. Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, arrived in Mexico in 1518 seeking gold and to claim land for Spain. 2. With the help of the Native American translator Malintzin, Cortes befriended the Aztec ruler Montezuma, who believed Cortes was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. 3. After seizing Montezuma and taking Aztec gold, Cortes and his men were driven out by rebels. However, smallpox introduced by the Spanish devastated the Aztec population and allowed Cortes to return and defeat the Aztecs by 1521.

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    European Empires in the

    Americas
    Ch 4 Sec 1
    The Fall of Two Empires
    Strangers on the Coast
    1519 Montezuma learned that the Spanish
    were in the Gulf of Mexico
    He treated the strangers as gods (Believed
    Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl, coming to
    take over)
    Cortes the Conqueror
    Cortes the Conqueror
    Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador
    (conqueror)
    He arrived to the Aztec lands searching for GOLD
    Cortes Arrives in Mexico
    In 1518 Spain’s governor in Cuba asked
    Cortes to help him set up a post on the
    Mexican mainland to claim land, look for
    gold, and begin trade
    The governor changed his mind, but Cortes
    went anyway
    Malintzin the Interpreter
    Malintzin was a Native American princess
    who spoke both Nahuatl (language of the
    Aztecs) and the Mayan language
    She also learned Spanish
    Cortes Marches Inland
    Claimed Mexico for Spain and the Roman
    Catholic Church
    Founded Veracruz
    Montezuma became more and more fearful
    He sent gifts of gold, which only made the
    Spaniards more eager
    Cortes in Tenochtitlan
    Arrived in 1519, received grand welcome
    Montezuma offered Cortes the Aztec empire,
    however Cortes feared it might be a trap
    He seized Montezuma and held him captive
    for months
    They took Aztec gold jewelry and other items
    and melted them into gold bars (today worth
    $8M)
    A New Spanish Ally: Disease
    Montezuma became unpopular and was
    killed in a revolt
    After his death, the Aztecs united and drove
    the Spanish out
    After the Spaniards were driven out disease
    struck the city (probably smallpox or
    measles)
    They had no immunities to the disease
    The Final Conquest
    Cortes returned 10 months later
    The Aztecs were no match in battle for the
    Spaniards
    Aztec surrendered in 1521
    Cortes renamed Tenochtitlan Mexico City
    Pizarro and the Inca
    Pizarro and the Inca
    Francisco Pizarro attacked the Inca over stories of
    great wealth
    Pizarro and the Inca
    A Broken Promise The Fall of an
    Pizarro took the Empire
    Incan ruler By 1535 Pizarro had
    Atahualpa captive taken over most of
    He promised to the Incan empire
    release him when Lima, Peru became
    the Incas paid a his capital
    ransom Found far more gold
    They gave him in South America
    (today) $65M, but than Mexico
    Pizzaro had their
    leader killed instead
    of releasing him

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