Analyze ONGOING INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE 1521-1700 — Tupac Amaru I 1572 Vilcabamba (carryover), ongoing Maya resistance Yucatán 1527-1697 + Itzá Maya at Nojpetén 1697, and the PUEBLO REVOLT 1680 led by Po'pay of Ohkay Owingeh — the only successful Indigenous expulsion of European colonizers in North America
Exercise
Difficulty 4
~10 min
hist.g7.s.ex_37
Refusal Argument
Prompt
How does Itzá Maya at Nojpetén 1697 refute Restall MYTH 4 (completion)? Cite specific dates + duration of resistance.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 4
- criterion
- 170-year resistance cited (1527-1697)
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Nojpetén capture 13 March 1697 cited
- points
- 2
- criterion
- King Kan Ek' named
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of MYTH 4 explicit
Hints
- Itzá Maya kingdom independent 1525-1697.
- Itzá language still spoken by ~1,000 people present-tense.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating conquest as 'completed 1521'
- Ignoring 170-year sovereignty
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