Unit 2-Colonization

DAILY BUSINESS

DIGITAL AGENDA

CALENDAR

Basic Survival Guide:

Class begins the minute you walk in the door.
Materials must always be ready, and Do Now started immediately
All work must be completed, either in class or on your own time
Follow all written and verbal rules and directions
Be RESPECTFUL.

Discipline Matrix:

SECRET AGENTS ONLY!

UNit 2: Colonization

Hernando Cortés in a letter to Spain describing Mexico 1520, wrote: "IN ORDER, most potent Sire, to convey to your Majesty a just conception of the great extent of this noble city of Temixtitlan, and of the many rare and wonderful objects it contains; of the government and dominions of Moctezuma, the sovereign: of the religious rights and customs that prevail, and the order that exists in this as well as the other cities appertaining to his realm: it would require the labor of many accomplished writers, and much time for the completion of the task."

Christopher Columbus in a letter to Spain, wrote: ""They... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks' bells. They willingly traded everything they owned.... They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane.... They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."

"I am convinced of the uncertainty of history, of the possibility of surprise, of the importance of human action in changing what looks unchangeable." - Howard Zinn