“The dismal drum of Huichilobos sounded again‚ accompanied by conches‚ horns‚ and trumpet-like instruments. It was a terrifying sound‚ and when we looked at the tall cue (temple-pyramid) from which it came we saw our comrades who had been captured in Cortes’ defeat being dragged up the steps to be sacrificed. When they had haled them up to a small platform in front of the shrine where they kept their accursed idols we saw them put plums on the heads of many of them; and then they made them dance with
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The Spanish conquistadors’ motives greatly affected the people living in the new world. These motives influenced the Native Americans in all different ways some ways better or bigger than others. Three of the biggest motives that effected the Native Americans were gold‚ Christianity‚ and glory. The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In
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of Mexico and the interaction between Hernado Cortes and Montezuma who was the ruler of the Aztec Empire. The three accounts share some similar stories on between Montezuma and the Spaniards or conquistadors especially Hernado Cortes. But the three accounts also differ in the stories it tells. The similarity between the three accounts is that Montezuma and his lords and nobles receives or greets Cortes and his men. In addition it seems that Cortes and Montezuma were in good terms with each other
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The older generation has always feared and suspects the younger generation. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ the knowledge of the older people has always suspected the younger people and most of the time they are right. In the Puritan New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. A married man(John Proctor) have an affair with a young girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail still desires John but he doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore. Elizabeth Proctor wants John to denounce that
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One of the most compelling arguments made against the use of computers by children is the risk of repetitive motion injury such as carpal tunnel syndrome. This problem may be greater for children than for adults because their musculature and skeletal systems are not fully formed and may be at greater risk for injury. Children’s risk of suffering repetitive motion injuries may be further increased because they tend to use computers that are sized for adults‚ placed on adult-sized furniture‚ and positioned
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Period 7 DBQ The Aztecs: What Should History Say ? Outline: A. This document describes how although all narratives about the people and cultures begin with the arrival of Europeans too much credit is being given to their “discoveries” because before the Europeans the Native Americans (Aztecs) were doing the things the Europeans claimed to be doing first. The Aztecs came up with
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Americas were not inhabited by Europeans until around the 1500s. Europeans were drawn to the Americas because of the promises of riches and religious zeal. Columbus discovered the Caribbean islands and explored them in 1492. Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519. However‚ before Cortes landed in Mexico‚ it was already inhabited by a Native American tribe‚ the Aztecs. The Aztecs were a Native American tribe that lived in Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec empire. The only weapons that
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George Orwell’s motives for writing In the essay‚ “Why I Write” by George Orwell‚ he explains his reasons and motives for writing. He gives us a brief summary of his literary attempts at becoming a writer from a young age to his completed works as an experienced writer at an older age. He justifies how a person’s motives for writing changes over time due to their experiences in life and the atmosphere of the world around them. George Orwell lists four motives for writing in which he feels
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Top of Form Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca‚ an early explorer and first historian of Texas‚ was born in 1490 in Jerez de la Frontera‚ in Andalusia‚ Spain a province in the south of Spain near Cadiz. In early 1527‚ Cabeza de Vaca departed Spain as a part of a royal expedition to occupy the mainland of North America. As treasurer‚ he was one of the chief officers on the Narváez expedition. The Narváez expedition is an expedition based on a famous conquistador Narváez was also included on the expedition
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Motives for the cheats The motives for fraud are clear‚ it’s a financial crime. People can not pay the bills. They figure stealing from an insurance company which is big and greedy is no great moral wrong and no one will miss the money. However‚ even if the company is big and greedy it is still wrong. How people get caught by an insurance company Fraud units at insurance companies are experts. But the reason people get caught are for obvious reason. People make stupid mistakes. However‚ as a word
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