Hernan Cortes

Question 1

What happened by the 1500s?

Answer 1

Spain had taken back the Iberian Peninsula

Question 2

What did Spain become?

Answer 2

Spain became a Roman Catholic country

Question 3

What was Spain running low on?

Answer 3

Spain running low on gold and silver because of years of war

Question 4

What did Spain enter?

Answer 4

Entered the age of exploration- (France & Britain)- to the new world. They believed Spanish imperialism was their right

Question 5

What did Spain start?

Answer 5

Spain started expanding its power across the Atlantic. It had made posts on the Caribbean islands of Cuba - they wanted raw resources from central and south America to get rich again

Question 6

Where did Cortes grow up?

Answer 6

In Spain when the Muslims and Jews were pushed out of Spain and was a witness to the Spanish inquisition

Question 7

What did Cortes do at the age of 19?

Answer 7

At the age of 19, he set sail for the new world

Question 8

What were the 3g’s

Answer 8

Gold, God, & Glory

Question 9

What were the 3g’s

Answer 9

Gold, God, & Glory

Question 10

What happened on 1504?

Answer 10

the governor gave him some land but this angered Cortes because he wants to be a governor of his own land, not a peasant

Question 11

What was Cortes asked to join?

Answer 11

to join an expedition to conquer Cuba an island west of Hispaniola- he eagerly accepted

Question 12

Conquistador’s Formula #1

Answer 12

Set out from an already established colony - Hispaniola

Question 13

Conquistador’s Formula #2

Answer 13

Try to peacefully talk with the people to figure out the most powerful person in the area

Question 14

Conquistador’s Formula #3

Answer 14

They fight and take them down

Question 15

Conquistador’s Formula #4

Answer 15

Whoever led the expedition and is successful, becomes the new governor of the colony

Question 16

Conquistador’s Formula #5

Answer 16

Indigenous people forced into slavery

Question 17

What did Cortes become?

Answer 17

Cortes became the Mayor of Santiago since he did not LEAD the expedition, second in command to Governor Velazquez

Question 18

What happened for 8 years?

Answer 18

For eight years Cortes proved to be intelligent clever and ruthless.

Question 19

What did Velazquez do?

Answer 19

Velazquez helped him finance an expedition to the Yucatan

Question 20

What did Cortes do?

Answer 20

Cortes scoured Cuba for experienced soldiers and used loans to buy ships

Question 21

What did he have in a few months?

Answer 21

In a few months, he had 11 ships, 508 fighting men, 100 sailors, 200 indigenous slaves, and 16 horses

Question 22

Why did Cortes worry?

Answer 22

Velazquez was worried that Cortes would get all the wealth and glory for his discoveries and not recognize his authority over the new lands Cortes might conquer

Question 23

When did Cortes leave?

Answer 23

Cortes set sail on Feb 18, 1519

Question 24

Where did Cortes go?

Answer 24

Avoiding Cuba, he traveled to the island of Cozumel, along the coast of Mexico -what is now Veracruz

Question 25

What happens when Cortes arrives at Mexico?

Answer 25

He captures the land and makes everyone build a town- La Villa Rica de la Veracruz on the coast of Mexico and declared an independent government

Question 26

What was he elected?

Answer 26

He was elected the captain-general of the town council

Question 27

What was Cortes’s plan?

Answer 27

He sent a ship back to Spain to inform the king that he wanted to capture the territory in the name of Christianity and the Spanish crown and sent all treasures