One of the most important ventures in American history is Spain colonizing the Americas.This was one of the most important conquests in the capturing of the Americas because the profit was so big. The man that led the expedition was none other than Hernán Cortés. You may already know this name as they talk about him a lot in early American history, but he is responsible for conquering the Aztecs which are a group of native Indians from North America.
The Hernán Cortés conquest began on February 1519 but it originated about a year before then with Diego Velázquez, a high leader in Spain who was also a conquistador had decided that after two failed attempts of going to America he had one final attempt. On the 23rd of October, 1518, Velázquez and Cortés made an agreement that, Cortés would go from Cuba to Mexico to make trade arrangements with the indigenous tribes there but no orders to conquer or settle were made. One reason suggests that Velázquez wanted the conquering to be left to him for the fame and glory of conquering indigenous tribes along Mexico.
On realizing that Cortés may want to take all the glory and fame for himself Velázquez decided he would replace Cortés with Luis De Medina but Cortés’s brother in law had him intercepted and …show more content…
After the fall of Cholula on November 8, 1519 Cortés entered Tenochtitlan, the island capital of the Mexican-Aztecs. Tenochtitlan was possibly the biggest city in the world at the time. the estimation of people in the city was anywhere from 60,000 to 300,000 where the biggest city in Spain had a population of only 30,000 people. Moctezuma the leader of Tenochtitlan welcomed Cortes into Tenochtitlan with gratitude, but much of what was said and done remains a mystery, but what we do know is that Cortés left due to a new fleet that was sent with orders to kill him. However in the end Cortés convinced the fleet to join him with promises of
The Hernán Cortés conquest began on February 1519 but it originated about a year before then with Diego Velázquez, a high leader in Spain who was also a conquistador had decided that after two failed attempts of going to America he had one final attempt. On the 23rd of October, 1518, Velázquez and Cortés made an agreement that, Cortés would go from Cuba to Mexico to make trade arrangements with the indigenous tribes there but no orders to conquer or settle were made. One reason suggests that Velázquez wanted the conquering to be left to him for the fame and glory of conquering indigenous tribes along Mexico.
On realizing that Cortés may want to take all the glory and fame for himself Velázquez decided he would replace Cortés with Luis De Medina but Cortés’s brother in law had him intercepted and …show more content…
After the fall of Cholula on November 8, 1519 Cortés entered Tenochtitlan, the island capital of the Mexican-Aztecs. Tenochtitlan was possibly the biggest city in the world at the time. the estimation of people in the city was anywhere from 60,000 to 300,000 where the biggest city in Spain had a population of only 30,000 people. Moctezuma the leader of Tenochtitlan welcomed Cortes into Tenochtitlan with gratitude, but much of what was said and done remains a mystery, but what we do know is that Cortés left due to a new fleet that was sent with orders to kill him. However in the end Cortés convinced the fleet to join him with promises of