Hernán Cortés

The Cause and effects of the Pilgrims exploring the New World has caused many problems to the people in the Americans.There are so many causes for why they left England and effects that came their way. One of these causes were Religion, they left Europe because they didn’t like the religion that originally was used there. One reason was that the bible was written in one language which was Hebrew or Greek. Also the people couldn’t read the bible do to the language, so the Priest or the Pastor…

conquistadors set foot in many areas, they encountered empires that were already unraveling and weakened. The fall of the Aztec Empire is a striking example of the role disease played in the conquest of the Americas. In 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived on the coast of Mexico with the desire for wealth, land, and…

Guerrero achieved the standing of a ranking Maya warrior and granted the status of a noble. These two men would later play two very different roles in future conflicts between the Spanish and the Maya people. Gerónimo de Aguilar would become Hernán Cortés' Mayan translator and an adviser in assisting Spain conquer the Maya states. Gonzalo Guerrero would remain with the Maya people, serving as a tactician and as a warrior fighting with them against the Spanish. The next contact between the…

In the period of 1492 to 1607, various European colonies were established in North America. This directly impacted Native American societies which had been present in the region for thousands of years. Through the use of the Bering land bridge about 35,000 years ago, people migrated from Asia to the Americas where they spread throughout the continents, forming different cultures centuries before the Europeans arrived. With different geographical features, each society developed its own values,…

The Inhumane Treatment of Building American through the Eyes of the Natives. The Native American was concord by the Spaniard in 1492 which was guide by Christopher Columbus. His voyages began going to Asia but ended up in the Mexico. The Spanish accidently discover the Aztec Empire. Once the Spaniard came to the realization that the technology and architect was more unconventional than anything they ever expected. Cortez order the conquistador to use forces and weapons against the…

1440 to 1469 however, during his reign a severe drought caused great famine within the people of Tenochtitlán. Moctezuma II was the ninth Aztec ruler. He reigned from 1502-1520. During his reign he surrendered Tenochtitlán to the Spanish when Hernán Cortés arrived. The last and bravest emperor of Tenochtitlán was Cuahtémoc who ruled for only four years from 1520-1524. He had fought against the Spaniards to defend his Empire and was eventually…

Depictions of colonization efforts by European powers during the 15th and 16th centuries tend to be either oversimplified or subject to generalization. Different explorers from different countries had varying experiences with regards to interactions with Native Americans and varying degrees of success in establishing permanent and/or profitable settlements. Oversimplification can be demonstrated by ideas such as the pristine myth and the Native Americans acting as noble savages. Asserting that…

age of exploration, but is often buried underneath overtones of blatant racism and prejudices, which were present in all three societies. The essential point of understanding early Atlantic history is that while some actors, such as Sepulveda and Cortes, expressed brutality and the “natural slave” sentiment, widespread adoption of new ideas, foods, clothing, and tools occurred throughout the Old and New Worlds. If interactions were only taking place under the context of annihilation and with…

Columbus' main plan during his voyage season was to reach Asia in search of spices. They were in search of an efficient route to travel to Asia. Their whole motivation for leaving Europe was to come across the mainland of Asia by sailing west of Europe. Knowing that the massive continent of Africa was in the was if your head east, they decided to head west. This seemed like a good plan until they ended up coming across the Indies in the Carribean. Columbus did not expect to reach these many…

The Aztecs worshipped many gods. The Aztecs gave blood and flesh to the gods and to do that they formed ceremonies. The ceremonies were held at special given temples in Tenochtitlan,Texcoco and Tlacopan. They made many sacrifices but not all were fatal. Most of the time the victim’s heart gets ripped out and then burned. Sometimes even decapitation. There are 2 specific knives for sacrifice obsidian and flint. The sacrifices were stretched over rocks and skinned. They let the ladies skin the…