Montezuma the Aztec king‚ and Hernan Cortes- a Spanish conquistador. Hernan and his soldiers came in search of gold and riches in the new world. When they stumbled upon the Aztecs‚ Montezuma believed Cortes was a god and gave him precious stones and feathered crowns. The greedy Cortes wanted more and marched into the capitol. The Aztecs soon realized he was not a god‚ for a god would have preferred the feathered crowns more than the gold. Thus‚ the Aztecs were able to drive Cortes and his men out‚ only to
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not be considered a hero in the present and versa. Hernando Cortes a hero for joining two worlds and conquering the most powerful civilization of America or Hernando Cortes a villain for making the Aztec Empire disappear. Hernando Cortez was an important symbol for the explorations‚ but killing people‚ ending the most powerful civilization in America and spreading diseases does not makes him a hero. With good strategy and few men Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire‚ first Montezuma II and then Cuauhtémoc
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civilization. Hernán Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ arrived in Mesoamerica and between 1519 and 1521 and would war against the Mexica in attempt to claim the Aztec empire for the glory of Spain. It is how Cortés was able to take over the Aztecs capital‚ Tenochtitlan‚ is what’s interesting as it shows how not just one singular factor was the cause for the Aztecs defeat‚ but a multitude for it. Numerous factors led to the defeat of the Aztecs by Cortés and his army‚ but those most prominent to Cortés’ victory
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Aztec king‚ meeting with Cortes‚ as expected by Aztec diplomacy. However‚ “Cortés soon decided to seize Montezuma in order to hold the country through its monarch and achieve not only its political conquest but its religious conversion”(Hernán Cortés‚ marqués del Valle de Oaxaca). The next artifact is a picture of the famous Conquistador. When Cortes finally conquered Tenochtitlan‚ he destroyed most of the Aztec capital. “On the ruins of the ancient Aztec capital‚ Cortes built his capital‚ Mexico
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One of the most well known conquests of the all time is the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. This is a puzzling conquest to historians because while the Spanish had the advantage of technology‚ it shouldn’t matter when compared to the Aztec’s superior numbers and home advantage. These factors should have allowed the Aztecs to surround Cortes’s small force and soundly defeat them yet we know that this isn’t what happened. The Spanish were the ones that actually prevailed
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point to take under consideration is why the Spaniards were there in Mexico in the first place. Diego Velasquez‚ the wealthy governor of Cuba‚ placed Hernan Cortes in charge of an expedition to Mexico. Velasquez charged Cortes with the authority to represent the Spanish crown and trade with the indigenous people he would encounter (Díaz). Obviously‚ Cortes had other plans. Whether he had concocted his scheme for the settlement of the lands he would explore when he accepted the position from Velasquez
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1532 Francis Coronado: An explorer who searched for the fabled golden cities. Hernan Cortes: An explorer who conquered the Aztecs. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: Explored the California coast in 1542. 2. How many ships did Christopher Columbus use for his first voyage to the “New World?” : Three What percentage of Native Americans perished? 90 percent What started the Conquest of Mexico? It started when Hernan Cortes sailed to Cuba with sixteen fresh horses and several hundred men for invasion.
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Crystal Vejar English 1B Sias 31 October 2013 La Llorona The legend of La Llorona is a big part of Hispanic folklore. It is used to scare children from wandering in the night and to warn them of the danger of being alone. In this essay I will talk about Llorona. I will talk about her life before having kids‚ what she did to her kids and present day beliefs about her ghost. Stories of La Llorona date back to 1502‚ and differ in origins (Santistevan‚ 2007). Most of the stories have things in
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empire and the return of their god. In 1519‚ the Spanish explorer‚ Hernan Cortes arrived on the east coast of Mexico and to make sure his men cooperated with him marching across the jungle‚ he proceeded burned all of his ships. He continued his journey and took out the local tribe of indians. For 83 days straight‚ Cortes and his men marched across jungles and mountains into the Valley of Mexico. Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan with
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The Conquest of Mexico and the conversion of the peoples of New Spain can and should be included among the histories of the world‚ not only because it was well done but because it was very great. . . . Long live‚ then‚ the name and memory of him [Cortés] who conquered so vast a land‚ converted such a multitude of men‚ cast down so many men‚ cast down so many men‚ cast down so many idols‚ and put an end to so much sacrifice and the eating of human flesh! —Francisco López de Gómara (1552) When people
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