Ships in the background Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta
Columbus Looks upward Proud, Brave, Relieved that he finally made
it Holds a banner claiming this land to be part of Spain Sword
points a sword in the ground claiming it Hat is off Meaning that he
is humble Other Europeans Various Classes of society Friar holds a
cross Solider looking warily into the woods Some are happy Others
are fighting for Gold Guns! Tree falls down suggests that an
unknown wilderness is only paces away Native Americans Palm Trees
Bahamas Naked Kneeling to worship Suspicious Warm-Up 8-12 The
inhabitants of this and of all the other islands I have found or
gained intelligence of, both men and women, go as naked as they
were born, with the exception that some of the women cover one part
only with a single leaf or grass with a piece of cotton, made for
that purpose. I gave away a thousand good and pretty articles which
I had brought with me in order to win their affection, and that
they might be led to become Christians, and be well inclined to
love and serve their highnesses and the whole Spanish nation.
(Christopher Columbus - Letter on the first voyage, 1493) What is
the purpose of the quote? What is the Point of View of the Author
The People vs. Columbus, et. Al.
Each defendant(s) is charged with murder! You will be the defendant
I will be the prosecutor. You need to defend yourself Explain who
you think is guilty and why Task Prepare a defense (1 paragraph)
one person will present orally
Each member will be accused by the prosecutor and must defend
yourself. (You earn points by being able to defend yourself) Each
group must find some other group to blame and construct a case
explaining why they are guilty. Each group must come up w/ 3
questions that Mr. Kogan might possibly ask and answer those
questions in preparation. Was anyone entirely NOT GUILTY? (No blame
whatsoever)
Did the prosecutor convince you that the Tanos were in part
responsible for their own deaths? Why didnt the Tanos kill Columbus
on his first voyage?
How did you weigh responsibility between the bosses and the men
they hired? Can you imagine a peaceful meeting between
Europeans and Tanos? Or did European lifethe System of Empire make
violence inevitable? How would Spain and other European countries
have had to be different to have made a more peaceful outcome
possible? What more would you need to know about the System of
Empire to understand how it affected peoples thinking and behavior?
If the System of Empire is guilty, what should be the sentence? You
cant put a system in prison System of writing hieroglyphics Borders
w/ Rulers of their past conquests
Eagle on a cactus Mexican Flag Eagle is not eating the snake.
recalling the sign given to the wandering Mexica (Aztecs) that they
should found their capital Tenochtitlan at that site. Note that the
eagle does not have a snake in its mouth, contrary to the most
common version of the legend. The eagle that depicts the foundation
legend is an Aztec symbol for the sun, which is associated with
Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica's patron deity. The cactus fruit the
eagle is about to consume may represent the human hearts offered
the sun to sustain it during the daily journey across the
firmament. Main goods and commodities feathers, headdresses,
shields, cloth, colors, blouses, weapons, different types of
bushels, beans, trinkets, gold, silver, and coppers Tenotitchitlan
the Capital of Aztecs Later to be Mexico City Stone tetl nahautl is
the language name nochtli cactus. Step pyramids worship Skull Human
Sacrifice The blue cross - A goodly portion of folio 2r depicts a
square divided "in the form of Saint Andrew's cross." This stylized
plan represents the original small island in Lake Texcoco on which
Tenochtitlan was founded, an islet divided in quarters by two
waterways. It has been suggested that the orientation of this
island depiction differs from that of a modern map: north may not
be at the top. Christopher Columbus King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella Columbus men The Tanos System of Empire