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History: Conquest of the Americas

Resources & links to aid in your study of History at SHGC.

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The Big Questions for Study, Reflection & Inquiry

  1. What can found arefacts tell us about Christopher Columbus & the Aztecs?
  2. What do written sources, such as myths, diaries, annals, chronicles, tell us of the above?
  3. What were some of the effects, positive & negative, of the Age of Exploration?
  4. How did Aztec civilisation come to an end?

Conquest of the Americas - A Video Playlist

A series of 5 YouTube videos about the conquest of the Americas. Find out more about the Spanish Conquistadors and the Aztecs.

  1. Guns, germs & steel : conquest of the Americas by National Geographic (54:34)
  2. Conquistadors by BBC TV (55:00)
  3. Cortes : conqueror of Mexico (9:05)
  4. The Spanish Empire, silver & runaway inflation by John Green (10:36)
  5. The Columbian exchange by John Green (12:09)