Lesson 2: Thereby Hangs a Tale Verbs of Sensation and Indefinite Pronouns Can you imagine Hernán Cortes when he first entered Tenochtitlan? I’ll give you some information about the things he probably felt‚ watched‚ heard or noticed. Think if the action was completed or not. Then‚ use the verbs of sensation to report what happened. Follow the example. As he entered the city‚ he noticed some children following him. Incomplete: He heard the children shouting at him. Complete: He heard an Aztec girl
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Hernán Cortés was born in Medellin‚ Extremadura‚ Spain in the year 1485. Cortés was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. Cortes was born in a wealthy family before his conquest of Mexico Cortes wanted to become a lawyer but failed to do so. Cortes was inspired of the stories he heard about the new world but what motivated him even more was the wealth the new world could bring him. In the year of 1502 at the age of 19 years old Cortés joined
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The Mighty and Conquer Cortes Hernan Cortes was known for his Historical conquest of The Aztec empire in 1500s. Cortes was born in 1485 in Medellin‚ Spain and was the only son. He was also well known for colonizing Cuba which later led him in becoming the governor of New Spain. He was a very adventurous explorer and so he set out to sea at a very early age and never looked back. There were several reasons that led Cortes in conquering of the Aztec. First‚ he overpowered the natives which later led
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Hernan Cortes’ main point in writing this piece was to show the king of Spain his attempt to reason with the natives and how he reacted to their refusal to agree with the requerimiento. Cortes supposedly entered peacefully into the natives’ land and expected them to accept a new God and the repossession of their land without any argument. Since the natives did not agree to requerimiento‚ Cortes saw fit that he defend himself by killing hundreds of people thought he had no business in entering their
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reason was to complete deeds or tasks assigned to them by a person or group of people like NASA. That is why both past and modern day explorers traveled. Do you know why Hernan Cortes traveled? He traveled by ship in order to conquer an empire for Spain. He traveled for a group called Cuba with a force of six hundred men. Hernan Cortes got arrested and attacked by the natives. One of interesting facts about him was that he died of pleurisy on his way back to Mexico. Do you know why Neil Armstrong traveled
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Broken Spears Hernan Cortés was a Spaniard who defeated the Mexica Confederation in many different ways. The most successful tactic he used to defeat the Aztecs were by European Weapons‚ but he also had different ways. Cortés had different advantages that the Aztecs didn’t‚ the Spanish brought over small pox. Many of his people were immune to it while the Mexica Confederation was not. Many people thought the Spanish were gods and gave them many gifts. Motecuhzoma thought Hernan Cortés was Quetzalcoatl
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Hernan Cortes was a brilliant spanish conquistador that first sailed to the “New World” at the age of 19. He was born in 1485 and left Spain in 1504 in search of a place to expand Mexico for King Charles. I believe Hernan Cortes is most important because he over ran the Aztec emperor Montezuma‚ destroyed Tenochtitlan‚ and built Mexico City. In 1518‚ Cortes sailed from Cuba to explore the Yucatan Peninsula. When he first reached the Peninsula and gained news of the Aztecs‚ and Spain canceled his
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Civilization in the western hemisphere existed long before Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. The customs‚ language‚ and religion was different then the Europeans. The Aztecs were the ones who came in contact with the Europeans. Their history lasted from 1300-1521 CE. The Mayan society was from the year 200-900 CE. Hernan Cortes along with the Spanish army of five hundred‚ and thousands of Indian warriors declared war with the Aztecs. Moctezuma believed that the person coming towards
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Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? I will be talking about the national holiday “Christopher Columbus”. Recent historical discoveries of Christopher Columbus’ voyages to the new world have made a conflict surrounding the national celebration of Columbus Day. I’m part of President’s Obama task force Obama Barack answering the question‚ should Columbus Day be noticed as a national holiday? A reason Christopher Columbus would be a villain is because when he met the Native Americans he
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primary sources like diaries‚ speeches‚ letters‚ and etc. Journal of Columbus is a good example for primary sources. Journal of Columbus is the first known document announcing the voyage of Christopher Columbus that set out in 1492 and has arrived America. Though Christopher Columbus was considered to be the "discoverer of America” when we were in primary school‚ many of us have grown up with the familiar thought that Christopher Columbus got the green light for his journey and then the Nina‚ Pinta and
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