The Aztecs and their relationship with Cortes The relationship between Cortes and the Aztecs was fake. The Aztecs thought Cortes was a god who came to fulfill a promise. Tenochtitlan (the Ancient capital city of the Aztec empire) was a very wealthy city. They had tons of gold and silver. Cortes and his soldiers wanted to have all the gold. The interaction between them When Cortes showed up‚ the Aztecs welcomed him with open arms. They treated him very kindly. However
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Summoned the following response from Cortes; “The majority of Spaniards who come here are of low quality‚ violent and vicious.” This ultimately led to Charles backing down in 1526 and allowing Cortes‚ and later Pizzaro‚ to issue temporary encomienda’s to their men. It is therefore evident that whilst Charles did make attempts to tackle challenges specific to individual countries through diplomatic means‚ he was perhaps too preoccupied with tackling an array of other matters to possess genuine‚ universal
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Billy Edwards 12-11-07 ANT 305A Cortes and the Conquering of the Great Aztec Empire When Cortes heard of a vast and wealthy empire deep within the Mexican interior‚ the conquest of Mexico had already begun. The Aztec empire was what the ambitious Cortes had been looking for since his departure from Spain; he most certainly hoped that his wish to discover the empire would come true. The Aztecs‚ on the other hand‚ did not know Cortes. The empire was as it always had been; the Aztecs had no
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Document Analysis: The Second Letter of Henan Cortés to Charles V The Second letters to Charles V were written by Hernan Cortés of Spain in 1520. The letters were sent to Charles V to justify Cortés actions of attacking the Aztec ’s against his superiors order. The letters that Cortés wrote details the lifestyle‚ and culture of the Aztec ’s and how worshipped pagan gods. This document is a set of letters that Hernan Cortés wrote detailing his experiences within the area known today as Mexico. These
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n 1519 Spaniards led by Hernán Cortés traveled from Cuba to Mexico. Their goal was to conquer Mexico so that they could collect all the rumored riches. Cortes and his men went to Tenochtitlán‚ the Aztec Empire. He forged an alliance with them. The Aztecs believed Cortes was a god because he had such riches like metal armor and horses. Montezuma II‚ the leader of the Aztecs‚ had heard that the Spaniards had brought gifts for them. When Cortes had reached Tenochtitlán he had realised that his men were
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Hernanando Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who is known for conquering and bringing the downfall of the Aztec empire. He lead the first expedition into the new world for France and claim land all across. After all of Cortes’s conquests‚ he was made governor of New Spain for a brief time. Cortes was successful in his conquests of the New World because of his courage to explore new lands‚ find riches‚ and his resources available to him. Though‚ he may seem interesting‚ his life was actually quite
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Cortés was born in 1485 in Medellín‚ Spain. He died on December 2nd‚ 1547 in Castilleja de la Cuesta‚ Spain. He wasn’t born wealthy despite being born into an upper-class family. Hernan was known to be an adventurous and enthusiastic young man. During his youth‚ it was said that he was often a troublemaker and very rebellious and mischievous to his parents. Hernan is now known as an explorer and conqueror of the Aztec Empire. It has been said that Hernan has been to the University of Salamanca
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Cortes’ ardent determination to bring back wealth‚ gold‚ and conquer the Aztecs’ most sacred land‚ Tenochtitlan‚ wasn’t enough to defeat them in a hard fought battle. Determination was just one of the many factors that helped the Spaniards defeat the pious Aztecs. The main five factors consist of the‚ Spanish Worldview‚ Aztec Worldview‚ Military Technology‚ Military Strategy‚ Spread of Disease. However‚ out of all of these factors‚ the most important would be Military Technology due to all the advantages
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catholic religion. Nevertheless more implications arose when Cortes landed in Mexico‚ there was a language barrier between the Spaniards and the natives as well as the standard of living or culture was totally alien to the Europeans. But the Spaniards were after one thing only‚ gold….
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Good morning/afternoon your honor‚ ladies and gentlemen. Today I will prove to you that what Cortes did during this time of era was perfectly normal. I will have 3 witnesses to support my evidence of what Cortes did was normal. What I mean by normal is that most European Sailors would treat foreigners differently depending on what materials or valuables that the natives had as soon as the explorers arrived on a new piece land. Most of these explorers would do things out of the name of god. Some explorers
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