Hernán Cortés

steal the Aztecs gold and make them fall. There was four top reasons why Tenochtitlan was defeated. They are manipulation, alliances, disease, superior weapons. Manipulation because the leader of the spanish, Cortes manipulated the Aztecs by saying he was there god. Alliances because Cortes wouldn’t…

Smith's argument is that the Cortez were able to defeat the Aztecs not because of the Spanish's superior technology or the Aztecs' belief that the Spanish were gods, but because of the Aztecs' existing tension with their neighbors due to their imperialism as well as the genocidal actions that the Spanish deployed to control the Aztecs. In the first few sections of the essay, Smith disproved the traditional idea that religion played a big role in the Aztec's conquest. He stated that there were…

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (Content Paper) Bernal Díaz del Castillo a Spanish conqueror and chronicler in the Indies, travelled with Cortés expedition party. Bernal Díaz del Castillo was interested in getting his version of the expedition out to the world. Even though it was years before he was able to accomplish this he believed it was important to explain the “rank and file” of the expeditioners and the Aztecs. The excerpt describes the expeditions walk into the great…

conquistador invasion led by Cortes. Internal conflict within Mexico along with plague and disease carried to the continent by the conquistadors also contributed greatly to the demise of Aztec civilization. The Aztecs were expecting a visit from a deity matching the characteristics of Cortes. This coincidence allowed Cortes and his men to take advantage of the situation by gaining access to the capitol of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan. (Dovas) During the conquest of the Aztecs, Cortes allied…

the lenses of their conquerors, and so many records of these ancient peoples can only be exclusively viewed through these lenses. And so we must try to decipher what can be taken as factual verses bias in many written documents. In the case of Hernan Cortes, though some of this accounts are relatively unbiased, most of his writing comes with another agenda. In regards to his accounts, their accuracy is suspect. Throughout his letter to Emperor Charles V, he continuously tries to convey a sense…

Spanish Crown” written by Hernan Cortés are the two examples of explorers who wrote letters to convey their historical discoveries. The two authors share a number of characteristics in their letters. They are trying to please their supporters and persuade them that this voyage is a great investment, but they differ significantly in the style and tone of their reports. Christopher Columbus traveled the sea…

believing Spanish imperialism is their right. This effects the first meeting with Natives, Spaniards wanted war. They wanted war for the land and to spread Christianity. Spaniards believed if it is for the church then it is okay. Hernan Cortes Played a major role during this. Cortes fought the Aztec with the help of…

Spanish Conquistadores changed world history according to Gomora. The Spaniards conquered the Aztec and Inca Empire against all odds. Did the Conquistadores achieve the conquest because they were superior or something else needed to happen? Hernan Cortes expedition was to conquer the great empire of the Aztecs. One of his companions, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, wrote a probanza, or account, of the conquest. In the journey, Bernal talks about the journey that would lead to reaching the Aztec…

Columbus and Cortes: Heroes or Villains Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortes, and their counterparts are often seen as the adventurous conquistador that discovered the Americas. Many of the textbooks that children read in school go as far as painting Columbus and Cortes as heroes. In the United States, hundreds of cities are named after Christopher Columbus and the second Monday of October is nationally recognized as Columbus Day. However, when one takes the time to truly study what happened…

ruler. Lope states that the king’s sole concern is only of himself and not about the people under his leadership who worked themselves to the bone and foght for his kingdom only to be left with the mere scraps. Conversely in the letter by Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortes: from Second Letter to Charles V, 1520, he writes about how pleased he is to be in the new kingdom he was sent to explore, claiming he wouldn’t exxaderate…