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This meme shows how the indigenous Mexicans most likely felt when their generous hospitality towards the European newcomers was met with hostility. They initially thought of the Spanish as gods and treated them with the highest honor; they had no intention of violence.

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This meme highlights the devastating effects Old World diseases such as smallpox and measles had on native populations. In 1520, a smallpox epidemic decimated 40% of the city of Tenochtitlan's population within a single year (a surprising ally to the vastly outnumbered Spaniards).

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This meme shows the Spanish motivations when arriving at Mexico City with the Aztecs. The Spanish intended to publicly display their power over the Aztecs and did so by capturing their king and massacring them.

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This meme demonstrates how the Spaniards acted toward Montezuma and the Aztecs. They were trying to bring peace and offer gifts, but the Spanish were only looking for land. So, they kidnapped the Aztec's king and massacred them.

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This meme shows the Spaniard’s attitude towards the Aztecs when they first met them. The Spanish, when they encountered the Aztecs, did not care for the Aztecs and treated them terribly (the Spanish captured the Aztec King and slaughtered other civilians). The Spanish were only looking to steal their riches.

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This meme shows how the Spaniards reacted to the Aztecs and King Montezuma giving them gifts and being kind to them. The Spanish captured and killed the Aztecs after they were nice to them because they wanted all of their things and money so this shows that they were angry.

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This meme shows the attitude of the Spaniards when they encountered the Aztecs. The Aztecs thought that their gods had come to visit them, so they showered them in gifts. However, the Spanish conquistadors wanted all of their riches so instead of treating the Aztecs with the same kindness, they decided to kidnap their king and massacre them

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This meme shows how the Spaniards reacted after being welcome so kindly by the Aztecs, who thought that their god had come to visit them. Once the Spanish saw the gifts they were given and realized the Aztecs had even more, they decided they wanted all of their riches.

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This meme highlights the general inability of settlers to treat the Native Americans with adequate respect over the course of hundreds of years. Many leaders knew about the horrors that their actions brought upon the native population, yet they did not take drastic actions to help the cause, as their priorities were about growth.

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This meme is from the point of view of a Spaniard. The Spaniards justified their massacre as something necessary to inspire fear among the natives so that they may have power over the Aztecs. Here is a meme showing a Spaniard justifying his thoughts.

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This meme is showing how even though Hernan Cortez leading the Spainish Conquistidors were welcomed into the city of Cholula and even given some of the nicest homes in the city to stay in they still carried out a deadly masacree.

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This meme shows the Natives where Spain was conquering to be angry at how nice and polite they had been only for the Spainards to take there land and massacre their people and most importantly the Spanish had taken their King, Montezuma. It also shows the Spainards simple saying they were going to continue taking land and massacring the indians.

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This meme is showing that the Spanish are evil for Massacring the people of Cholula after they had a parade and gifts for the Spaniards. Despite the positive treatment and actions from the Native people, the Spaniards murdered thousands of Aztec people.

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This meme reflects how the Aztecs felt after they greeted the Spaniards with gifts of gold and silver and hospitality, but the Spanish thought that implementing fear was a better idea. So they overthrew King Montezuma, massacred the Aztecs, and spread disease to the extremely susceptible natives.

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This meme shows that even though the spaniards were showered with gifts from Motezuma, they ignored his praise and captured him with tricks. They were to blinded by their need for expansion and power to notice the kind welcomings of the Aztecs

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This image shows the confusion of the Aztecs in who they thought Hernan Cortes real identity was ans how it led to them being treated so poorly. The Aztecs thought the God they believed in had suddenly appeared to them, yet Cortes was there for a different reason. In addition to the violence the Spanish provoked, the Aztec empire was wiped out due to their lack of immunity to the European diseases.

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My meme reflects the attitude of encomenderos when Las Casas drew attention to the maltreatment  of Natives that they readily condoned. Encomenderos were not alone in their intentional neglect: royal officers and other elites benefited from taxes and precious metals that fueled expansion of the empire. Not only did these elites oppose any threat to their wealth and power, but they reacted violently when Las Casas finally succeeded in convincing the Crown to authorize anti-encomienda measures (namely the New Laws instituted in 1542).

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After New Mexico was colonized by the Spanish, they committed many terrible acts upon the natives. King Montezuma showed them with gifts of gold and silver, but the Spanish thought that fear was better than friendship. To make an example of them, they betrayed their kindness to show other natives that they should fear, and not befriend the Spaniards. This meme shows the thought process of the Spaniards. They had the option to accept the gifts and keep the peace, but they ignored that option and conquered instead.

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The Aztecs had welcomed the Spaniards into their home initally not realizing their plans to overthrow King Montezuma.  The Aztecs welcomed the Spinards to their land instead, and immediately regretted this decision after the Spanish began to massacre the Aztecs. The grumy cat depicts teh Aztecs reaction after they had discovered the Spaniards true goals in their home.

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Spanish conquistadors received an abundance of gifts and celebratory actions from the Natives as a welcoming/peace offering when they arrived. How nice of them. Instead of being equally as friendly, the Spanish captured their king,  spread often fatal disease amongst the Native population, and decimated their numbers. Were I a native, I'd wonder if this was what all people from the Old World were like and probably hate them for life. We were kind and welcoming to you and you just bopped us.

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The Spanish received thousands of gifts and elaborate celebration from the Natives upon their arrival in the New World. The Spanish, contrary to being grateful and indebted to the Natives, chose to spread disease, capture their king, and massacre their population. This was definitely shocking from the perspective of the Natives.

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When the Spaniards encountered King Montezuma and the Aztecs during their journey to Mexico City, they were showered with gifts. There were even entertainments and banquets. In return, the Spaniards apparently captured the king and took over the area.

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Initially, the natives welcomed the Spanish and showered them with gifts. However, one can see how the Aztecs' opinions on the Spanish quickly turned to fear and shock as the Spanish were extremely violent and brutal.

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The Aztecs had seen Hernan Cortes as a deity and were generous to the Spanish conquistadors, which Cortes exploited. He kidnapped King Montezuma and massacred the Aztecs. The meme below captures the Native American perspective of betrayal, surprise, and impending chaos at the time of Cortes' coming.

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The Natives were unaware of the Conquistadors' intentions and showered them with gifts and elaborate ceremonies. In return, the conquistadors would massacre their populations and take over the empire. My meme demonstrates the perspective of the Native leaders like Montezuma, who greeted the Spaniards with valuable gifts but ended up losing his empire and life.

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In 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes encountered the Aztec Empire, led by King Montezuma. Upon their first meeting, the Aztecs believed Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl. Despite receiving lavis treatment from the Aztecs, Cortes betrayed them by kidnapping Montezuma and violently seizing Tenochtitlan (later renamed Mexico City). At least 40,000 Aztecs were killed and captured. Other conquistadors, such as Francisco Pizzaro, resorted to similar methods, highlighting their perceived superiority to Native peoples.

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Spanish Conquistadors despite Montezuma showering them with gifts as a peace offering they decided to attack the natives. The Spainards wanted the wealth of Cholula and later Mexico City. This shows the Spaniards complete disregard of the natives and conquering cities for their own gain and the role attacks played in early exploration.

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The European conquerors wanted wealth and power when they set off for the New World. To accomplish this, many used brutal methods of pillaging and conquest to overpower the indigenous peoples and seize their assets. My meme displays Hernan Cortes's conquest of central America and the resulting fall of the Aztec Empire in 1521, after Cortes finished his conquest of the city of Tenochtitlan. Cortes used superior European weaponry (guns made from steel) as well as the Aztec's enemies to steamroll the once mighty empire.

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This demonstrates the point of view of other nations and those who recognized the moral fault in the Spaniard's actions, such as de las Casas. This shows Hernan Cortes and the conquistadors being reprimanded for their actions, such as kidnapping and murdering but the spaniards facing no consequence under the protection of the Spanish crown since they were gaining wealth.

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As the Spanish Commanders moved through the New World, they met many Native Tribes. Every tribe they met they would give them a false sense of security, then commit mass murder. Every time these Spanish Commanders did this they had no fear of what God would do to them, and no respect for humanity as a whole.

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Looking from other countries' perspectives in Europe, such as England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, they would have seen Spain's actions towards the Indians they encountered as disgusting and disgraceful because they believed they could be better rulers toward the Indians. This phenomenon is known as the Black Legend and may have been a contributing factor as to why other countries explored the Americas after Spain.

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Looking form an American Indians perspective and by that I mean in current USA and Canadian territory, they would be relieved and happy that they didn't live in an area where conquistadors came and glad that they haven't had to deal with as much much conflict and violence from the settlers as the more Southern Natives did.

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Throughout their time of conquest, the Spaniards would commit great atrocities against the natives. One of these atrocities was in the city Cholula where thousands of natives were slaughtered in a hidden courtyard with a goal of inspiring fear. Massacres like this happened all throughout native land which the Spanish quickly took over.

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A massacre that happened in Cholula was when the Spaniards came to town and the Natives welcomed them. The Spaniards decided to punish the Natives to inspire fear. They asked the local lord to send nobles to a communities. Spaniards brought them in a courtyard and they were hidden from view. Next the Spaniards unsheathed their swords and killed thousands of Natives, in which none escaped.

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During their march from Cholula to Mexico City the Spaniards made sure nothing was suspected of them. They gladly accepted the showering of gifts from the King and put on a convincing act. However, shortly after the same group of spaniards captured the King and held him in captivity.

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Upon the Spaniards arrival, the great King Montezuma showered them with gifts, banquets, and luxuries. Yet, the Spaniards secretly goes behind the King's back by kidnapping him, then taking over his territory through mass destruction of land and murder of the indigenous people.

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Pictured here is Hernán Cortés, a Spanish Conquistador during this time. This is showing how he takes what he wants without thinking twice, and no one especially the American Indians could do anything about it. He wanted gold, land, and power and it is exactly what he got during this time.

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Conquistadors relied upon the labor and land they took from natives and the encomienda system was central to their social/economic control.

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Led by Conquistador Hernán Cortés (second from the left), the Spanish took current ruler Moctezuma II as a hostage and subsequently enslaved/massacred a large part of the native population.