After proving himself, although he had cruel ways in some instances, he became Cortés's assistant and right hand man He was put in charge of Tenoctitlán, which is now called Mexico City, when Cortés had to go fight off Pánfilo de Narváez . While he was left in charge, the Aztecs were having a festival. He didn't want them to revolt, so he sent his men to start the fight instead. Thousands of unarmed and harmless people were killed that night. The Aztecs were mad because many of their nobles and chiefs were killed, and their things were stolen.…
As the world grew and civilizations rose, there were those who used brute force, manipulation, and raping of cultures to gain money, power, and complete control of what they so desired. First starting off with the spanish capture of mexico and then the complete takeover of the Native Americans by the new American settlers. The book that will be used to help explain everything will be Juan Gonzalez revised edition of Harvest of Empire:A History of Latinos in America. When the world was young many powerful countries looked over their sea in search for new lands and treasures.…
So people were willing to go over to the Americas in search of easy riches like Cortes did. Nobody got as lucky as him and the only person to come close was Francisco…
Chapter 1 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States discusses the lives of natives of the Americas both prior to and after the arrival of European explorers, and includes a statement by the author on writing history. To begin, Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas are covered heavily in the chapter, and I consider these themes regarding him to be the most important: • “The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? He had persuaded the king and queen of Spain to finance an expedition to the lands, the wealth he expected would be on the other side of the Atlantic—the Indies and Asia, gold and spices” (Zinn 2) and “In addition for bringing back gold and spices, they promised Columbus 10 percent of the profits, governorship over newfound lands, and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea” (2). These passages explain Christopher Columbus’s motivation for setting sail for his first trip, which was acquiring rare goods to take back to Spain for wealth and…
The loyalty through one person, Cortes, enabled Charles to develop his power even further through the various explorations. Although Montezuma did not lead with the same strategies as the other leaders, Cortes recalled to the emperor of towns that “were subjects of that lord, Montezuma, by force, and when they learned from me of Your Highness' s great and royal power, they declared they wished to become vassals of Your Royal Majesty”…
I do agree that the alliance the Spanish made because of Aztec imperialism is crucial to their success. It makes sense that much of the history at that time were changed by the Spanish in for their benefit. By portraying Montezuma as helpless and the Spanish as "chosen by the gods", they could convince the local that they had the right to rule. However, I do not believe that the Spanish's cruel action is what allowed them to stay in control. Smith stated that by doing random slaughters, the Spanish can gain more allies and support because those who fear them would join them in order to stay on their good side.…
One military leader named Hernan Cortes arrived there along with many soldiers. They tried to weaken the Aztecs by fighting with their enemies. After the Aztecs Empire has declined, Hernan took over Mexico. On the other hand, the Inca population was declining because the people had contact with European diseases. Also the Mayan civilization was decreased rapidly because their lands were divided and the civilization fell.…
Spain conquered the Aztecs because of the high advantages Cortes had. Cortes had native allies, superior weaponry, urbanization, and the detrimental effect of…
I say this because when the Spanish come to conquer the Americas there were so many new things to the Aztecs. Even though if the Aztecs were left alone and they started to trade with other countries there would be so many new things to the Aztecs that they wouldn’t be able to keep up. But that would be assuming that they did start to trade and that they didn’t get rejected. The Aztecs may have gotten rejected by other countries because they were very demanding and they may try to take the country under its grasp.…
Thus, he wanted to represent Mutezuma in his letters Mexico. In my opinion, it is because it was a new world which Cortes and his people thought a savage and uncivilized nation .Therefore ; they did not expect that they would face a strong ruler as Mutezuma. Moreover, his serving and his control over his people is very powerful and extraordinary. It is because he is a barbarian ruler…
In 1492 the wars in Spain came to a halt. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had become two of the most important people in Catholicism, for they had become the Catholic Kings. In 1943 word had reached Europe that Christopher Columbus had reached a new landmass, also known as the new world. With this news, people from Europe started to come to the new world, and thus caused different ethnic groups to start mixing, not only in culture but in physical ethnicity as well. People that had Indigenous and Spanish roots were call Mestizo, or mixed in Spanish.…
The Spanish soldiers were ready to repel against Cortes because of the promise of riches (most had been shipped back to Spain). Cortes agreed that the soldiers deserved their pay and asked Spain to give it up. Cortes goal was to colonize Mexico into a powerful Spanish empire. The Aztecs were a group of Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions.…
When Montezuma brought the Spanish to his capital, the Spanish immediately put him in their custody and guarded him. The Aztec people were terrified and angry that Montezuma was being controlled by the Spanish. Many had lost respect for Montezuma because he gave the Spaniards whatever they needed and wanted. Moctezuma was killed and we historians really do not know how he really died. Cortés and his men took possession of every precious object and resources within the Aztec…
Fall of Aztec Empire For many years now, historians have pondered upon the many reasons for the fall of the Aztec Empire. There have been many factors that played into the fall of the Empire, such as the diseases plaguing the population, the Spaniard’s technological advantages, religious rivalries, alliances, and the list goes on. But to focus on two of the major contributors, this essay will focus on the effects of European diseases on Mexico, and the impact alliances between the Spaniards and the Tlaxcala people had on Tenochtitlan. To begin our observations, we will delve into the life of a man named “Hernan Cortés”. Hernan Cortés was a Spanish Conquistador, and one of the driving forces in the fall of the Aztec Empire through the capture of Tenochtitlan and of the then leader Motecuhzoma II.…
In 1519, Spanish explorers, under the leadership of Hernán Cortés, set foot on what is now modern-day Mexico in search of gold and land in the Aztec Empire. Although the Spanish initially had no intentions (or orders from Cuban governor Diego Velásquez for whom they made the voyage) to colonize the Aztec Empire, they sought to communicate with the inhabitants and spread their Christian faith. However, the end of 1521 saw the mighty Aztec Empire practically cease to exist, its emperor Montezuma II join the many victims of the conquest, and the survivors put under the rule of the Spanish. A variety of factors came into play regarding the Spanish’s ability to conquer this mighty empire, including the ability to communicate verbally, the religious beliefs of both peoples, and the devastating effect of disease on the Aztec empire.…