Analyze the SPANISH CONQUEST OF MEXICA 1519-1521 FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES — Indigenous Nahua-voiced (Florentine Codex Book 12 + Anonymous Tlatelolco Manuscript) FIRST + Tlaxcalan + Spanish; centering La Malinche as strategic political actor (Townsend 2006) and refusing Restall's SEVEN MYTHS
Exercise
Difficulty 5
~12 min
hist.g7.s.ex_29
Refusal Argument
Prompt
Refute Restall MYTH 1 ('exceptional men') with at least 3 pieces of specific named evidence.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 4
- criterion
- 3+ pieces of evidence
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 200,000+ Indigenous allies cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Specific Indigenous polities named (Tlaxcala + Totonac + others)
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of 'exceptional men' explicit
Hints
- Tlaxcalan allies provided ~100,000-150,000 troops at siege of Tenochtitlán.
- Totonacs at Cempoala also allied early 1519.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Cortés alone as conqueror
- Ignoring Indigenous tactical knowledge
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