The Conquest of Mexico: Compare and Contrast Exercises

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• The Cholula Massacre (Mexica, Tlaxcalan, and Spanish Versions)
• Cortés Meets Moctezuma (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Moctezuma Arrested (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Spaniards Demand Gold (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Massacre at Festival of Tóxcatl (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Death of Moctezuma (Two Spanish Versions: Cortés and Díaz del Castillo)
• The Night of Sorrows (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Spaniards Use of Brigantines (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Mexicas Sacrifice Spaniards and Horses (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Spaniards Try a Catapult (Mexica and Spanish Versions)
• Spaniards Reconquer Mexico (Mexica and Spanish Versions)