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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Cortes‚ Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. The Conquistadors were 16th century Spanish individuals who conquered Mexico‚ Central America‚ and Peru (Bulliet‚ 438). The Conquistadors migrated to the Caribbean after gold and indigenous labor became scare on Hispaniola (Bulliet‚ 438). In search for gold and indigenous labor across the Caribbean’s they captured Amerindians and relocated them to Hispaniola as slaves (Bulliet‚ 438). The Conquistadors conquered the
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lives and in the lives of others. Conquistadors such as Columbus‚ Cortes and Pizarro sailed to new lands in order to find gold‚ in order to gain money. They’ve contributed to a series of economical progress when returning to their homeland. Although these same people also contributed in an act of murder but still in the name of progress. Many people suffered in the progress made by the Conquistadors. The late 1400’s and early 1500’s was a time where Conquistadors set sail to find one life changing
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Gods who‚ what ‚why were they there???‚ with this advantage they conquered a civilization once called‚ The Aztecs. The Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztecs by using powerful weapons such as shotguns‚ canons‚ gunpowder‚ swords killer dogs and furious horses They could advance faster and kill more efficiently . If we compare the difference between Aztecs and conquistadors weapons there is a huge gap between both of them‚ the Aztecs only had bows and arrow and spears‚ they could not do much killing
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Who: Hernan Cortes and some conquistadors What: White Europeans had single handedly conquered the indigenous people of Latin America When: Cortes led the expedition in 1519‚ between 1530’s - 1560’s Why: Slowly within years‚ Hernan Cortes took part in conquests of Cuba and Hispaniola‚ and received more land an native slaves because of this result -“Thousands of native warriors swarm like bees upon the vastly outnumbered conquistadors‚ who against all odds fend them off and survive to fight another
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three different types of religious Orders depending on the country they represented: Dominican and Franciscan friars represented Spain‚ Jesuits (called “Black Robes”) represented France‚ and Protestantism represented by England. The Spanish conquistadors were well educated‚ but also profit-minded‚ and known as having the most powerful navy in the world. They consider themselves‚ as a “saving souls” of native Indian who most believe had no culture or religion at all. They work with the help of the
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Before the conquistadors arrived in the Aztec empire‚ the city Tenochtitlan had some unusual‚ natural disaster in which between the years of 1517 and 1519‚ the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan had an earthquake‚ then Lake Texcoco had flooded the capital city. The Aztecs believed these disasters warned of the fall of their 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
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The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain
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One reason the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca Empire rapidly is that 1. These empires had no standing armies 2. The Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did 3. The Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs and Incas 4. The Aztec and Incas joined together to fight the Spanish Which was a major political change in Latin America in the 19th century? 1. The political power of the Roman Catholic Church has eliminated. 2. The right to vote was extended to all
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Unfortunately‚ this blessing has historically turned into a curse. The arrival of the European conquistadors in Latin America hundreds of years ago began a seemingly continuous trend throughout the region in which Latin American people and land were exploited for the benefit of others. Latin American lands were prime territory for the money-seeking individuals
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