Why were the Aztecs afraid of the Spanish?
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Why were the Aztecs afraid of the Spanish?
The Aztecs through they were sent by their god, Quetzalcoatl. Quetzalcoatl, a very important god to the Aztecs, had vowed he would appear when the end of the world was near, to save the Aztec people. The Aztecs always believed the end of the world was near. That’s why they scarified so many people.
What did the Aztecs call the Spanish?
And they called the Spanish language ‘the tongue of the coyotes’ or perhaps better ‘coyote-speak’ (coyoltlahtolli). Apparently the Totonac people referred to the Spanish invaders as ‘snakes’.
Where is Montezuma’s gold?
Casa Grande ruins
Did the Spanish find gold?
In the 1970s, a treasure of silver and gold from a 1554 Spanish shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Texas. The wealth of the discovery speaks to Colonial Spain’s ambitions for gold and silver found in the Americas.
Did any of the conquistadors who explored Texas find gold?
In the eight years they spent in Texas, Cabeza de Vaca and his companions failed to discover any gold or claim any new territory for Spain. Instead, they returned with tales they heard from American Indians of riches elsewhere in North America.
What is Spanish gold?
In the New World, Spanish gold coins were minted in one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations. The two-escudo piece was called a “pistole”; the large eight-escudo coin was called a “quadruple pistole” or, at first, a double doubloon. English colonists would come to call it the Spanish doubloon.
What did the Spanish do to keep the French out of Texas?
To dissuade the French from returning, Spain built the presidio of San Agustín de Ahumada and the mission of Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Orcoquisac near the mouth of the Trinity at Galveston Bay.
Who is Mr Castro?
Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas’s 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio, as well as some of its nearby suburbs.
