CHOCOLATE AND THE AZTECS: Using a timeline.

Where is Britain? Where is Mexico?

Can you find out when the Aztec Civilisation began Can you find out when the Aztec Civilisation began? What was happening in Britain at that time?

Edward VI 1547 Mary I 1553 Elizabeth I 1558 Henry VII 1485 Henry VIII 1509

Hernando Cortez arrives in Mexico. The Aztecs build Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan is destroyed by the Spanish. Montezuma II becomes ruler. The Aztecs arrive in Mexico.

The Aztecs arrive in Mexico. The Aztecs build Tenochtitlan Montezuma II becomes ruler. Hernando Cortez arrives in Mexico. Tenochtitlan is destroyed by the Spanish.

What was it like to live in Aztec society?

Who’s who in Aztec society? emperor slaves commoners priests nobles

Where did they all belong. Who was the most important Where did they all belong? Who was the most important? Who was the least important?

emperor nobles commoners slaves

Wore loin cloths What was it like to live in Aztec society? Wore the best and most expensive clothes. Wore colourful clothes, fur and jewellery. Wore loin cloths and plain cloaks Wore loin cloths Wore colourful clothes, fur and jewellery. Wore the best and most expensive clothes. Wore loin cloths and plain cloaks Wore loin cloths Carried shields and clubs. Wore big headdresses and clothes decorated with gold. Some had to wear wooden collars.

What was it like to live in Aztec society? Wore the best and most expensive clothes. Drank 50 cups of chocolate a day. Drank chocolate flavoured with honey and pepper. Ate meat such as turkey, rabbit and dog. Were not allowed to drink chocolate. Ate meat only on special occasions. Ate pancakes and porridge made from maize. Lived in a magnificent palace with beautiful gardens. Lived in big brick houses with lots of rooms. Lived in simple huts often of just one room. Slept on mats on the floor. Probably lived in a room in their owner’s house. Wore big headdresses and clothes decorated with gold. Wore colourful clothes, fur and jewellery. Carried shields and clubs. Wore loin cloths and plain cloaks Wore loin cloths Some had to wear wooden collars.

What happened to the Aztecs?

Priest Hernan Cortez Aztecs gifts Spanish soldiers interpreter Montezuma

Priest Hernan Cortez Aztecs gifts Spanish soldiers interpreter Montezuma

What happened after Cortez met Montezuma?

Our Lord, you are weary. The journey has tired you, but now you have arrived on earth. You have come to your city, Mexico. You have come here to sit on your throne. Your city is amazing...We have not seen anything like it before... it is so clean!

While Cortez is away let’s attack the Aztecs while they are dancing! While Hernan Cortez was away the Spanish soldiers attacked the Aztecs.

Listen to me... I am your Emperor.....Don’t Fight! We want a new Emperor....Stone him!! The Aztecs turned on the Spanish. Montezuma tried to persuade them to stop but they threw stones at him and killed him.

Every day we fight tremendous battles Every day we fight tremendous battles... captured Spanish soldiers are used for human sacrifices! The Spanish army defeated the Aztecs after a long fierce battle.

You are my slave now! You have got a strange new disease. The Spanish made the Aztecs their slaves. They did not treat them very well. The Spanish gave the Aztecs diseases such as colds, measles and smallpox.

The Spanish pulled down the Aztec temples and built Christian churches The Spanish pulled down the Aztec temples and built Christian churches. The Spanish stayed in South America for 300 years, that is why most people in Mexico today speak Spanish.

So....what did happen after Hernan Cortez met Montezuma?