Spanish conquest

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Spanish conquest

• Why we speak Spanish.
• By Erika Liebel

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Who was here before 1519?
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Who was in Mexico before 1519?
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Who was Hernán Cortés?

• Arrived in Mexico in 1519
• Conquered Tenochtitlan
• Discovered Baja California

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How did Cortés get to Tenochtitlan?
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Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?

• Explored New Mexico from 1540-1542
• The Requirimiento
• Met The Turk
• Searched for the 7 cities of gold
• Quivira
• Cibola
• El Dorado

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Where did Coronado go?
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Who was Cabeza de Vaca?
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The real Cabeza de Vaca

• Explored coast from Florida to Texas
• Transformed from a conquistador into a trader
  and healer.

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Who was Juan de Oñate?

• Founded El Paso
• First settlement in New Mexico
• Camino Real
• Massacre at Ácoma

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Where did Oñate go?
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Study this picture
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Answer the following questions

• What do you see in this image?
• How would you describe the scene and the people?
• What do you hear or smell in this scene?

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Interpret your answers Give one piece of
evidence for each answer

• What do you think is the approximate date of this
  scene?
• Where might this scene have taken place?
• What do you think is happening in this scene?

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Make a hypothesis

• What do you think these people were feeling at
  the time?

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The End