world views in conflict chapter 11. ideology what is it? a set of values or beliefs ideology can...
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Ideology
What is it? A set of values or beliefs Ideology can effect how we think,
behave, and see the world
What are some examples of ideology?
To What extent was the identity affected by the
conquest? What did their identity consists of before the
conquest?
What happens after the war? Do the “winners” make the “losers” give up their traditions and beliefs? OR do both sides adopt parts of the others worldview?
What happened? Did the Spanish worldview compeltely take over?
Changes to the Aztecs Worldview
Religion After the battle, many Aztecs felt their
gods had abandoned them Cortes asked the Spanish king to send
priests When the priests arrived, Cortes knelt
and kissed the hem’s of their robes– What do you think the Aztecs thought of
this?
Religion Missionaries slowly converted many of the
Aztecs to Catholicism They destroyed Aztec temples and burned
all signs of their religion
In your journals: You know how important religion was to the
Aztecs. How might the destruction of their temples have affected their sense of identity?
Worldview
How is the Aztec worldview changing?
They are slowly becoming Christian, they no longer have their traditional religious beliefs.
They know share the same religion as Cortes?
Economy What was the Aztecs old economy
like? The Spanish quickly changed their
economic system Introduced the encomienda system Spanish settlers were given a piece of
land Each piece of land came with a certain
number of workers
Economy
The workers were not paid, they were slaves
Landowners were supposed to treat them well and educate them
However, many slaves were abused
Spanish Crown
Governor or Viceroy
Spanish conquistadors and Settlers
The Aztec people
Takes 20% of all wealth from New Spain
Collects taxes to support himself, gov’t, and King
After paying taxes, they keep the rest
Do all the work (mining, farming). Are given basic needs (food and shelter)
Economy
In your journals What effect would such changes to
their economy have the Aztecs identity? The way they thought of themselves, and their position in the world?
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What happened in Mexico has happened hundreds of times throughout history
Canada being a major example The Canada we live into today is the
result of a very similar conquest
Setting up the colony
Cortes men were promised a great amount of wealth
They had been fighting for years with no pay
Cortes had a solution…
Setting up the colony
The first solution was the encomienda The second was the “Marriage Law” Every Spaniard had to bring his wife to
Mexico or marry an Aztec woman A man who did not have a wife within 6
months lost his land
Why would Cortes do this?What was he trying to
accomplish? 1: He shifted the focus from short term goals
(finding gold and going home) to long term goals (colonizing new spain)
2: Marriages would strengthen their ties with the colony
These marriages produced a new generation of children. A mixed race of Spanish and Aztec
This was the beginning of the Mestizo The Mestizo now make the majority of the
population in Mexio
What kind of worldview would the Mestizo have?
Would it be mainly Aztec, Spanish or a combination of the two?
You may be surprised that the Spanish had some major changes in their thinking after the conquest
The Independence Movement
Shortly after the conquest, a man named Mendoza was made the first Viceroy of New Spain
Why not Cortes? The king feared Cortes would proclaim
himself king of New Spain Or he would put his interests above
that of the kings
Independence Movement Spain had direct control over Mexico Extracting the majority of the wealth Mexico had a shortage of roads,
housing, schools, hospitals etc. Everyone, including the Spanish
settlers became angry All groups in Mexico (Indigenous,
Mestizo, Creoles) rebel and fight for independence
Mexico achieves independence in 1821
How was independence possible? After hundreds of years as colony, two
distinct cultures and worldviews came together to form a new ones
Mexico grew to have its own culture and own distinctive world view– A combination of the Spanish and Aztec
worldview
Mexican Culture Today
Today Mexico is a fusion of Aztec, Mestizo, and Spanish traditions
Family Altar The day before Nov. 1 The day of the dead Nov. 2
Frida Kahlo
Famous Mexican painter Painted a mixture of modern Mexican
and traditional Aztec Is and excellent example of the mixture
of Spanish and Aztec cutlures