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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We have reached the city of Tenochtitlan. I realize it has been quite a long time since you have heard from me. Don Cortes and his soldiers have been circling the coast and the city of Tenochtitlan waiting for a chance to come in. During this past year Don Cortes has been making allies of the Montezuma’s enemies. He seeks to start an uprising‚ but he wishes to see the city first. When we first arrived the men and I were in aw of this great city. It rivals places on our shores. The city is set up
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not be considered a hero in the present and versa. Hernando Cortes a hero for joining two worlds and conquering the most powerful civilization of America or Hernando Cortes a villain for making the Aztec Empire disappear. Hernando Cortez was an important symbol for the explorations‚ but killing people‚ ending the most powerful civilization in America and spreading diseases does not makes him a hero. With good strategy and few men Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire‚ first Montezuma II and then Cuauhtémoc
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CONSUMER BUYING MOTIVES There are five major buying motives: physical‚ psychological‚rational‚ emotional‚ product‚ and patronage. Locate a magazinead that appeals to each of these different buying motives. Selecteach ad and fill out the table below. Put the Ads in order‚according to your chart and staple to this sheet. Buying motive PhysicalEmotionalRationalPatronagePsychological prescribing motives and specific prescribing motives for aparticular indication‚ or type of patient.When prescribing
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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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"discovery" of the New World by Christopher Columbus led to a new chapter in history that no one at the time could have anticipated. For many Europeans‚ it offered a better life than the one they were living‚ which led to the colonization of the Americas. Motives that fueled European colonization were that the New World offered religious freedom‚ a fresh start for those who were impoverished and in debt‚ and better opportunities to acquire large amounts of land and wealth. The Protestant Reformation in the
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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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Iago character and motives In the play Othello‚ the character Iago proves to be one of the most interesting and mysterious character of any Shakespearian play. In Othello‚ Iago attempts to ruin the high ranking military officer‚ Othello‚ and Othello’s wife through a series of manipulation and cruelty. However‚ throughout the play‚ Iago never completely explains his desire to ruin Othello and certainly doesn’t provide legitimate cause to put so many of these characters through such torment. This
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The basic motives for imperialism were political‚ economical‚ and cultural. Imperialists believed it was their duty to govern the colonized nations and develop their economies. They viewed themselves as racially and culturally superior. Larger‚ more modernized nations‚ such as the United States‚ Europe‚ France‚ and Germany‚ felt the need to spread civilization‚ usually by domination smaller‚ weaker nations. Political conquests and economic expansion were powerful motivators for imperialism‚ but the
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In "Loneliness"‚ Laura Cortes describes the feelings of the old man that lives alone. The narrator takes the readers through the life of a man who has many hopes that he wishes to become fulfilled in the future. In the poem‚ it tells us how the old man reminisces over things that happened in his past and how he continues to have hope for his future. When the narrator describes the house‚ she says‚ "Inside a stone house in the mountains"(1) she is informing us that the home is secluded. The narrator
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