2. •Teotihuacan, the city of
the GODS.
•Around 1000 A.D., Tula
took over the Heritage of
Teotihuacan.
•During the twelfth
century the toltics
Dispersed, Their
domination over
•The Toltec heritage lived
on through the people
3. Moctezuma 1
•In 1440,Moctezuma came
into power.
•Engaged in war with
neighbors to expand his
empire.
•The triple alliance was
formed.
•Died in 1469
4. Chapter 3, The Aztecs, Conquering Heroes
• Ahuitzotl came into power in 1486. He finished the great temple of
Tenochtitlan. Thousands of people were sacrificed to the Gods in 1487. He
pushed back the Aztec boundaries by war.
• In 1503, Moctezuma 2 succeeded Auitzotl. He continued the Aztec power
politically.
5. Chapter 4, The clash of Two Worlds
The Arrival of Hernan Cortez
•Spaniards arrived in 1492
unnoticed by the Aztecs.
•Tlaxcalans sided with the
Spaniards.
•Moctezuma would be
removed of power.
•The city fell on August
13,1521. 240,000 people
died.
•In 1522, Cortez became the
governor and captain-general
of New Spain.
6. Chapter 5, From Resistance
to Collaboration
•The stopping of sacrifices.
•Christianizing Indians.
•Destroying sacred temples
where the practicing of
Aztec beliefs were
conducted.
•Instilled a new way of
thought and life.
•Indians resisted.
•Mass out breaks of
disease.
•Christianity and the church
prevailed.
7. Chapter 6, The Aftermath of The Conquest
•By 1813, a massive cathedral was finished to represent New Spain.
•The modern world was beginning to set in stone
