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August 26, 2009 "Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico" A- Hernan Cortes, Spanish point of view P- October 30, 1520 from Segura de la Frontera P- Aztecs thought Cortes was a god when he first arrived which caused them to give him gifts. After they gave him half of their entire gold supply, he still wanted more. They ran him and his men out of town eventually. A- King of Spain R- Cortes told the King how well he has been treated since he arrived in the New World and told him what had happened. He told him about their rituals and how they treated him on arrival. He also talked about how he did not agree with their religious beliefs and rituals. T- At the end of the reading, Cortes was basically telling the King that the Aztecs were savages and all of their religous views were wrong. S- This is important becuase this is how the Europeans viewed the Native Americans and how little they respected them. They took advantage of them and never felt any guilt at all. From then on, Native Americans were treated poorly, killed, and stolen from.

"Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico" A- a witness of Bernardino de Sahagun. Aztec point of view P- Xoloco, 1519 P- The Spanish came to the New World and minipulated the Aztecs into giving them gold and other expensive things. After the Aztecs realized he was not who he said he was, they ran him out of their city. A- There is no specific audience. I believe it is for anyone who wants to know the history of Cortes in the Aztec empire. R- The reason of that passage was to show that the Native Americans were not the savages, but the Spaniards were. T- The Spanish were the ones who killed the Aztecs first. S- The Spaniards attacked the Aztecs while they were trying to be hospitable and show them their favorite and most important rituals. it shows how little the Spaniards respected the Aztec culture and the things they gave them.

The Spanish and Aztec point of views are vastly different. The Spaniards told their King how gracious the Aztecs were to them. They also said that they were complete savages and their religious views were disgusting. The Aztecs talked about what happened after the Spanish men arrived. They said that when they first met, Cortes and his men were polite and warm with Motecuhzoma. After that, they began to demand things for their personal use. When the Aztecs attempted to throw a "fiesta" for the Spanish to show them their ways, the Spanish attacked them and killed most of the people in the village. Of course, the Cortes did not write that to his King, though. The Spanish and Aztec point of views talk about completely different subjects and show different characteristics of each group.

August 31, 2009 "A Young Boy is taken into Slavery (1735)" Smith was removed from his homeland in Africa was very quickly and tramatically. He watched his kidnappers kill his own father in front of him. When he arrived in Rhode Island, he first was sent to live with his master's sisterbefore he went to his master to be a slave laberor. He said that he was obedient, honest, and submissive which let his laster trust him and let him more easily adjust to the life of slavery.

"Intolerant Act of Toleration (1649)" Catholics are protected because anyone who offends one, would be whipped, imprisioned, or heavily fined. If the law was strictly enforced, all Jews and Athiests would have been killed because they did not believe Jesus was the savior. Their land would have also been taken away.

"Framing the Mayflower Compact" The Mayflower Compact is often regaurded as the first American Constitution. It was an agreement so the Pilgrims would have a "cicil body compact." It foreshadowed the development of democratic institutions because it has equal laws, ordinances, and acts.

"Anne Hutchinson is Banished (1637)" This record shows that the Puritan's courts did not need evidence to banish someone, especially a person without their beliefs. They did not even tell Hutchinson why she was banished.