AM3 Assessment

What are the main factors that contributed to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire?

-6. H. 1.1 Explain the role various events, people, and groups played in the rise, fall, and transformation of societies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

How did the Aztecs and Spanish differ in their cultures and values?

-6. H. 1.1 Explain the role various events, people, and groups played in the rise, fall, and transformation of societies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

What were the consequences of the Spanish conquest for the Aztec people?

-6. H. 1.1 Explain the role various events, people, and groups played in the rise, fall, and transformation of societies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

6. H. 1.2 Explain the enduring impact of the achievements of ancient civilizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas in terms of the relevance of present-day society.

16. What were the long-term effects of the Spanish conquest on the Americas?

-6. H. 1.3 Compare multiple perspectives of various historical events in civilizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas using primary and secondary sources.

16. How can we learn from the past to prevent similar events from happening in the future?

-6. I. 1.6 Construct claims and counterclaims using evidence while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both based on multiple sources.

"They also begged me to protect them against that mighty Lord, who used violent and tyrannical measures to keep them in subjection, and took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols; with many other complaints against him, in order to avoid whose tyranny they embraced the service of your Majesty, to which they have so far proved faithful, and I doubt not will continue so, since they have been uniformly treated by me with favor and attention. Nevertheless, for the better security of our people who remained at Vera Cruz, I took with me several of their principal men, and some of an inferior order, who have been of no little service to me on my route."

-http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/second-letter-of-hernando-cortes-to-charles-v/

-Close Reading

What does this document reveal about the Spanish perspectives on the Aztecs?

"They also begged me to protect them against that mighty Lord, who used violent and tyrannical measures to keep them in subjection, and took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols; with many other complaints against him, in order to avoid whose tyranny they embraced the service of your Majesty, to which they have so far proved faithful, and I doubt not will continue so, since they have been uniformly treated by me with favor and attention. Nevertheless, for the better security of our people who remained at Vera Cruz, I took with me several of their principal men, and some of an inferior order, who have been of no little service to me on my route."

http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/second-letter-of-hernando-cortes-to-charles-v/

-Sourcing

What bias does Cortes have in this document?

"They also begged me to protect them against that mighty Lord, who used violent and tyrannical measures to keep them in subjection, and took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols; with many other complaints against him, in order to avoid whose tyranny they embraced the service of your Majesty, to which they have so far proved faithful, and I doubt not will continue so, since they have been uniformly treated by me with favor and attention. Nevertheless, for the better security of our people who remained at Vera Cruz, I took with me several of their principal men, and some of an inferior order, who have been of no little service to me on my route."

-http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/second-letter-of-hernando-cortes-to-charles-v/

-Contextualizing

• What was the purpose of this letter to King Charles V?

"They also begged me to protect them against that mighty Lord, who used violent and tyrannical measures to keep them in subjection, and took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols; with many other complaints against him, in order to avoid whose tyranny they embraced the service of your Majesty, to which they have so far proved faithful, and I doubt not will continue so, since they have been uniformly treated by me with favor and attention. Nevertheless, for the better security of our people who remained at Vera Cruz, I took with me several of their principal men, and some of an inferior order, who have been of no little service to me on my route."

-http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/second-letter-of-hernando-cortes-to-charles-v/

-Sourcing

What claims is Cortes making in this primary source?

"They also begged me to protect them against that mighty Lord, who used violent and tyrannical measures to keep them in subjection, and took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols; with many other complaints against him, in order to avoid whose tyranny they embraced the service of your Majesty, to which they have so far proved faithful, and I doubt not will continue so, since they have been uniformly treated by me with favor and attention. Nevertheless, for the better security of our people who remained at Vera Cruz, I took with me several of their principal men, and some of an inferior order, who have been of no little service to me on my route."

-http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/second-letter-of-hernando-cortes-to-charles-v/

-Corroborating

Cortés claims that the Totonac people begged him for protection. Is there any other evidence to support this claim?