history of chocolate

  • Nov 3, 600

    moving to mexico

    the maya indians moved from guatemala to mexico bringing cacao from the rainforest with them.
  • Nov 3, 1000

    money

    The central americans used cacao beans as money and to make a drink to trat illness.
  • Nov 3, 1200

    demanded as tax

    demanded as tax
    the aztecs who began to rule mexico demanded cacao beans as a tax
  • Nov 5, 1502

    tak beans to europe

    chistopher columbus took cacao beeans to europe.
  • Nov 3, 1519

    herman cotez

    herman cotez
    cortez came to central america to find gold and silver he defeated the aztecs and established a cacao plantation for spain
  • Nov 12, 1528

    drink

    drink
    it was turend into a drink and the rich thevrich could only a ford it
  • back to spain

    back to spain
    the first cacao beans were taken to spain