HIST-UA 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Northwest Passage, Qin Dynasty, Dutch East India Company
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Cortex a. ii. doesn"t listen and goes right to tenochtitlan (incredible city) a. iii. Moctezuma first greets the spanish with open arms, but then relations grew tense and the spanish were driven out a. iv. They eventually fought and moctezuma was killed a. v. In 1521, hernan cortez returned and destroyed tenochtitlan a. vi. On the ruins, they built mexico city (the capital of new spain) a. vii. Cortez inspired other conquistadores, like francisco pizarro, who interacted with the incas a. viii. He went to peru after the ruler atahualpa rose to power after a civil war a. ix. Helped by allies, the spanish captured atahualpa, and they threatened to kill him if they were not given gold (the incas gave the gold but he was still killed a. x. What the spanish did in south america a. xi. The spanish were very cruel to the native americans and enslaved them to do nearly impossible work a. xii.
