1. MEXICANOS
A HISTORY OF MEXICANS IN THE UNITES STATES
BY DANICA DIAS

2. SPANIARDS AND NATIVE
AMERICANS PREHISTORY-1521

3. THE SPANIARDS
THE SPANIARDS ARE A RESULT OF MANY CULTURES
CONTAINING INFLUENCES FROM THE ROMANS, MOORS,
AFRICA AND JEWISH AL-ANDALUS.
RELIGIOUS ZEAL PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SHAPING
SPANISH CULTURE AS JEWS AND MOORS COULD ESCAPE
EXPLOSION BY CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM.
THE PORTUGUESE ORIGINALLY STARTED THE AGE OF
EXPLORATION, BUT COLUMBUS VENTURED OFF IN THE
NAME OF SPAIN IN SEARCH OF WEALTH AND SPICES IN
THE NEW WORLD.

4. THE AMERINDIANS
THE AMERICAS WERE INHABITED WITH ALMOST 100
MILLIONS PEOPLES PRIOR TO EUROPEAN EXPLORATION.
COLUMBUS REFERRED TO THEM AS INDIOS AS HE
THOUGHT TO HAVE REACHED INDIA.
NATIVE AMERICANS ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE REACHED
THE AMERICAS THROUGH THE BERING STRAIGHT.
TWO LARGE POPULATION CENTERS IN THE AMERICAS,
THE ANDEAN ANTIPLANO AND MESOAMERICA. MEXICO’S
INDIAN LEGACY ATTACHED TO AGRICULTURAL NATIVES
IN MESOAMERICA.

5. THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
CONQUEROR OF THE AZTECS, HERNAN CORTES, LED A
SPANISH FLEET EQUIPPED WITH HORSES AND INDIANS
ALLIES TO DEFEAT EVENTHOUGH BEING OUTNUMBER.