Cultural Difference and Identity Formation Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29‚ 2012 In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage
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in many wars that they desirably joined or started for power or independence. In 1511‚ Diego Velazquez embarked on an expedition to Cuba with all his Spanish soldiers. Hernan Cortes‚ on the other hand‚ stole 500 men and 11 ships and sailed to Mexico instead‚ setting his sights on overthrowing the Aztecs. This shows that Hernan Cortes was so compelled in conquering the Aztecs that he even risked his life to steal the 500 men away from Velazquez. He desired to overthrow specific groups of people due
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established‚ this system that the Spanish settlers were entrusted with their own communities of natives called ‘encomiendas’ that served beneath their jurisdiction. The natives had to provide labour and tributes for their overlords‚ or ‘encomenderos’. Hernan Cortes‚ became arguably the most famous conquistador‚ once stated “I came to get gold‚ not till the soil like a peasant”. Essentially‚ the encomienda system acted as a justification that allowed the Spanish to make distinctions from different "kinds"
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not dependent on status‚ wealth‚ sanitary conditions‚ or hygiene. Because of that‚ smallpox was sometimes referred to as the “democratic” disease (Skold‚p.145) People believe that the Inca and Aztec empire likely collapsed because of smallpox. Hernan Cortes and his 300 men attacked the Aztec capital a force of 300‚00 and captured the city within the span of three months. (Altman. p.42) This likely occurred because the Spaniards have had years of exposure to smallpox due to Columbus crossing the Atlantic
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Dear Journal‚ My name is Hernan Cortes and I want to be a conquistador. I was born of Christian faith in Medellin Spain in 1485 but I’m not exactly sure what my exact date of birth is. I am a son of a well-known noble Spanish family; my mother‚ Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and my father‚ Martin Cortes. When I turned 19 I moved to Hispaniola as part of the Cuba conquest. I attended Salamanca University studying law when I was 14 as this is what my parents wanted but I could never concentrate on my
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purposes of the Old. It began in 1519 with Hernan Cortes’s march into Mexico and by 1545 Spanish conquests extended from northern Mexico to southern Chili. Cortes way of living off the land after entering Montezuma was establishing peaceful relations with the native people when he could and killing them when he thought necessary. Throughout this New World riches filled Spanish treasure chests while the native population was forced into labor and if Cortes did not kill them deadly epidemics did.
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unaware of their value and did not take any of them with him. 1517 - 1519 It’s during this period that the chocolate became sweetened‚ using cane sugar and drank hot instead of cold. Cortes and his men also realised that cocoa bean could be used as a way to pay workers. 1519 The Aztecs and their king‚ Montezuma‚ thought Hernan Cortez the Spanish conquistador and his men were gods‚ and offered them cocoa. He found it spicy and bitter and was unimpressed. 1534 The Jesuits were formed‚ a militant army of
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slaves involved. The exploration of Mexico can be characterized as a brutal and bloody journey‚ especially for the indigenous people. At first‚ the encounters between the Spaniards and Aztecs were respectful and friendly. According to Diaz‚ Hernan Cortes implied to Montezuma when they first met “that [they
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ire - Who were the Aztecs. Why were they considered to be an empire even greater than the Romans. And how was Hernan Cortes able to defeat them. These are some of the questions that people ask about these indigenous people. These people are known as the Aztecs but originally called themselves Mexica. They came to Mexico in the early thirteenth century and from there they started to develop a social structure and government consisting of priests‚ kings‚ peasants‚ and soldiers. Besides having a very
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Three years after Hernan Cortés captured the Mexican capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521‚ the Spanish continued to deceive the Indians into giving them goods and taking over their land. They decided that a good way of doing that would be to convince the native people that they were worshipping the wrong God and they should learn about the right God so they can convert to Catholicism To work this plan‚ Spanish minister general Francisco de los Angeles ordered twelve friars‚ now known as the “apostolic
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