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Name __________________________________ Title: What Impact Did the Conquest Have on Aztec Society? Date __________________________________ Author: Levin, Moline and Redhead Source: Our Worldviews: Explore, Understand, Connect Pages: 322-327 I can statement: I can explain the impact that Spanish conquest had on the Aztec. 5 Key Words/Concepts Hacienda: Estate, plantation Indigenous: Original or natural inhabitants of an area Razed: to destroy utterly From the Words of the Participants Spanish Treatment of the Aztec After the Conquest 75 Day siege, Spanish saw “dangers, hardships and misfortunes” Aztec suffered great harm at hands of the Spanish as many were killed, and the city was Conversion burned. The Aztec acknowledged their suffering but, The Spanish sought to convert the Aztec as resolved to endure it until the Spanish were quickly as possible by building churches and destroyed. They calculated that if 25 000 of throughthem thedied use religious Starting for of every Spaniard,icons. they would their conversion withfaced thedisease remaining Aztec prevail. They also and starvation. As a reward, the Spanish conquistadors were elevated to the noble class in New Spain and given control over vast tracts of land utilizing the Indigenous population as slave labour. Becoming aware of these slaves mistreatment, Queen Isabella’s dying decree ensure slaves did not receive Father Bartolome Dewas Lasto Casas “any offense”. In support of his wife’s views, King Ferdinand enacted for the fair treatment of thebecame Indigenousknown He waslaws a Dominican friar that populations. The laws would frequently be ignored as the as the “Protector of the Indies” for his efforts Spanish continued to destroy Aztec culture by wiping out to workingFinally andthe living conditions theirimprove religion, artthe and sciences. Spanish razed for the Indigenous Through Tenochtitlan to ground and populations. built Mexico City in its place. his nobility, they also established schools and hospitals to serve the community. The Spanish created small villages each with a church and a local Franciscan or Dominican priest. The Aztec first adopted Christ as one of the many gods but soon became devout Roman Catholics. efforts, Spain enacted the “New Laws of the Indies for the Good Treatment and Preservations of the Indians” in 1542. These laws proved to be unpopular with landowners however; they saw the abolishment of slavery. Looked down upon in his own time, De Las Casas is admired today for preserving Aztec culture in his book, The History of the Indies in New Spain and for his work in the areas of antiimperialism and anti-racism. Adaptation to a New Society Aztec nobility adapted to the new institutions by becoming merchants where they would sell Spanish goods to the Indigenous population. They learned to read and write Spanish allowing them to chronicle the Aztec history and culture, both before and after their conquest. Many of the Spanish married Aztec wives and their children became the mestizos, the people of modern day Mexico.