in many wars that they desirably joined or started for power or independence. In 1511‚ Diego Velazquez embarked on an expedition to Cuba with all his Spanish soldiers. Hernan Cortes‚ on the other hand‚ stole 500 men and 11 ships and sailed to Mexico instead‚ setting his sights on overthrowing the Aztecs. This shows that Hernan Cortes was so compelled in conquering the Aztecs that he even risked his life to steal the 500 men away from Velazquez. He desired to overthrow specific groups of people due
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The "Lady in Blue" The "Lady in Blue" is a popular Spanish legend in the Southwest and particularly New Mexico. The legend of the lady started with New Mexico Indians in the 17th century and remains popular today. The "Lady in Blue" was in fact a real person""Maria de Jesus de Agreda‚ or Sor Maria‚ as she was called. Sor Maria founded the Convent of the Immaculate Conception at Agreda. Sor Maria had a very strong reputation throughout Spain for her wisdom and sanctity‚ as well as her mystical and
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Dear Journal‚ My name is Hernan Cortes and I want to be a conquistador. I was born of Christian faith in Medellin Spain in 1485 but I’m not exactly sure what my exact date of birth is. I am a son of a well-known noble Spanish family; my mother‚ Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and my father‚ Martin Cortes. When I turned 19 I moved to Hispaniola as part of the Cuba conquest. I attended Salamanca University studying law when I was 14 as this is what my parents wanted but I could never concentrate on my
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Westmead International School Alangilan‚ Batangas City 2012-2013 Richard B. Dalawangbayan BSCS 421 Spanish (Mexico) Mexico: The “NEW SPAIN” The history of Mexico‚ a country located in the southern portion of North America‚ covers a period of more than two millennia. First populated more than 13‚000 years ago‚ the country produced complex indigenous civilizations before being conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Since the Spanish conquest
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purposes of the Old. It began in 1519 with Hernan Cortes’s march into Mexico and by 1545 Spanish conquests extended from northern Mexico to southern Chili. Cortes way of living off the land after entering Montezuma was establishing peaceful relations with the native people when he could and killing them when he thought necessary. Throughout this New World riches filled Spanish treasure chests while the native population was forced into labor and if Cortes did not kill them deadly epidemics did.
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established‚ this system that the Spanish settlers were entrusted with their own communities of natives called ‘encomiendas’ that served beneath their jurisdiction. The natives had to provide labour and tributes for their overlords‚ or ‘encomenderos’. Hernan Cortes‚ became arguably the most famous conquistador‚ once stated “I came to get gold‚ not till the soil like a peasant”. Essentially‚ the encomienda system acted as a justification that allowed the Spanish to make distinctions from different "kinds"
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Cultural Difference and Identity Formation Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29‚ 2012 In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage
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Mexico In 1519 Hernán Cortés led a couple hundred other Spaniards inland to the impressive Empire of the Mexica ruled by the Great Montezuma. Many historians today tell how quickly and almost effortlessly these Spaniards conquered the Empire. They paint an image of ignorant‚ helpless Indians practically giving up their land out of fear of this group because certainly the Spaniards must be gods since they have powerful weapons and strange animals. We know neither Cortés nor any of his men were
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Unit 7- Essay: The Americas The Aztecs and Inca people had many issues and concerns when they came in contact with the European people. In this essay I will be comparing the issues‚ and concerns of Aztec and Inca cultures to their contacts with the Europeans. Some of the issues that I will be discussing are from the time period that covered roughly the 1400’s to roughly around the 1500’s. The Aztecs were American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to 1500’s. In
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unaware of their value and did not take any of them with him. 1517 - 1519 It’s during this period that the chocolate became sweetened‚ using cane sugar and drank hot instead of cold. Cortes and his men also realised that cocoa bean could be used as a way to pay workers. 1519 The Aztecs and their king‚ Montezuma‚ thought Hernan Cortez the Spanish conquistador and his men were gods‚ and offered them cocoa. He found it spicy and bitter and was unimpressed. 1534 The Jesuits were formed‚ a militant army of
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