APUSHISTORY Document 3- APUSHISTORY The Rule and Grandeur of Moctezuma. All Answered.

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01.02 Assessment ________________________________________ Document 3- The Rule and Grandeur of Moctezuma H A P P Historical Context Audience Purpose Point of View (POV) 1. When was this source c... reated? The primary source was created between 1519 and 1521. 2. Where was it created? This letter was written in Tenochtitlan (Mexico). 3. What historical events or specific circumstances relate to this source? Cortes conquering the Aztec Empire. 4. How does this source connect to other time and places outside its immediate 1. What person or group did the author/creator wish would view this item? King Charles V. 2. How is the intended audience reflected in the source, beyond what is obvious from things like place and publication? Cortes calls the ‘your highness’. He tells the King that Montezuma has bountiful riches as well as respect from people in all walks of life. 1. Purpose: To describe the awesome qualities of Tenochtitlan to the king to possibly strike interest in him. 2. Did the author/creator seek to influence, teach, persuade, entertain, regulate, inform, record, fulfil a duty, describe, promote himself or herself, or some combination of these? Cortes was trying to inform the king of how great Tenochtitlan was and how awe-inspiring it was. I believe Cortes was 1. What is known about the author or creator of the source? Cortes is an explorer whom mainly has himself in mind (he only wants power and glory). 2. How might the author or creator’s job, gender, education, family, religion, location, political beliefs, ethnicity, or other characteristics have influenced the content in the source? Because he was an explorer who was quite greedy, he exaggerated his description of the city of Tenochtitlan which was the sole purpose of this01.02 Assessment ________________________________________ Document 3- The Rule and Grandeur of Moctezuma origin? Explorers of the time period had not come across large cities or civilizations in the Americas and Cortes and his men, as well as many other explorers, were impressed by the immense size of Tenochtitlan, as well as the bountiful goods and riches that it held. explaining how amazing Tenochtitlan was, mainly, because he wanted help in conquering the city and wanted to spark more interest in the eyes of the king. 3. How does the source reflect this purpose? The document is basically an extremely long and extravagant description of Tenochtitlan, which is what it was meant to be. document. 3. How does the source reflect who the author or creator was and what he or she thought? The document describes Cortes’ intentions perfectly because he was only out for glory and power and he was trying to spark interest in the king’s eyes to achieve his goal Step 1: Note what you already know about the subject of the document. Use this chart to fill in information about the excerpt. Step 2: Closely read and take notes on the document. You may wish to copy the excerpt into this file so that you may use the computer to highlight, underline, or otherwise point out specific lines of text. You could also print out the excerpt for manual notation and then scan it or upload an image of it. Remember to read carefully and look for details and clues related to HAP-P and the historical question. Include in your notes or the chart above at least one connection to what you know from the assigned reading. Step 3: Reread the text, and answer the historical question, “What does this source reveal about the causes and/or effects of Spanish conquest and settlement of the Americas?” Note anything you may have missed in scanning and closely reading the document the first time. Then write a three- to five-sentence response to the question. [Show More]

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