1532 Francis Coronado: An explorer who searched for the fabled golden cities. Hernan Cortes: An explorer who conquered the Aztecs. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: Explored the California coast in 1542. 2. How many ships did Christopher Columbus use for his first voyage to the “New World?” : Three What percentage of Native Americans perished? 90 percent What started the Conquest of Mexico? It started when Hernan Cortes sailed to Cuba with sixteen fresh horses and several hundred men for invasion.
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Montezuma the Aztec king‚ and Hernan Cortes- a Spanish conquistador. Hernan and his soldiers came in search of gold and riches in the new world. When they stumbled upon the Aztecs‚ Montezuma believed Cortes was a god and gave him precious stones and feathered crowns. The greedy Cortes wanted more and marched into the capitol. The Aztecs soon realized he was not a god‚ for a god would have preferred the feathered crowns more than the gold. Thus‚ the Aztecs were able to drive Cortes and his men out‚ only to
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empire and the return of their god. In 1519‚ the Spanish explorer‚ Hernan Cortes arrived on the east coast of Mexico and to make sure his men cooperated with him marching across the jungle‚ he proceeded burned all of his ships. He continued his journey and took out the local tribe of indians. For 83 days straight‚ Cortes and his men marched across jungles and mountains into the Valley of Mexico. Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan with
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In 1521‚ the Aztecs tirelessly defended their capital against Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his convoy of fellow Spaniards and native allies. Founded in 1345 on the shore of Lake Texcoco‚ Tenochtitlan became the capital city and religious center for the Mexica people of the Aztec empire. An Aztec eyewitness describes in detail the final days of the once powerful city as it fell to the Spaniards. When Christopher Columbus arrived to the Indies in 1492‚ he opened the gates for Spanish
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Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incan Civilizations The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incan civilizations were far more advanced that what we expected and have made lasting contributions to modern day society. Some of these accomplishments ranged from agriculture to architecture and on to writing and trade. For example‚ the Mayans advanced in agriculture and the monumental temple and pyramids and the Aztecs traded in the city of Tenochtitlan. Incans advanced in methods of agriculture such as‚ terracing. The ancient Mayans
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Aztec king‚ meeting with Cortes‚ as expected by Aztec diplomacy. However‚ “Cortés soon decided to seize Montezuma in order to hold the country through its monarch and achieve not only its political conquest but its religious conversion”(Hernán Cortés‚ marqués del Valle de Oaxaca). The next artifact is a picture of the famous Conquistador. When Cortes finally conquered Tenochtitlan‚ he destroyed most of the Aztec capital. “On the ruins of the ancient Aztec capital‚ Cortes built his capital‚ Mexico
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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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As a conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortes‚ Bernal Diaz witnessed some of Latin America’s most interesting and least chronicled history. He was fortunate enough to be one of a select few Europeans to experience the Aztec empire at its height and to visit Tenochtitlan prior to its downfall. In an era where personal accounts of the historical occurrences are almost nonexistent‚ Bernal Diaz’s The True History of the Conquest of New Spain provides virtually the only window into this period
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Hernan Cortes‚ a fierce Spanish conquistador‚ landed at San Juan de Ulua‚ in April 1519. With him‚ Cortes had 508 soldiers‚ one hundred sailors‚ artillery cannons‚ eleven ships and sixteen horses. Cortes and his small army‚ marched through Mexico‚ forming alliances with Aztec rivals‚ until reaching the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the massive Mexican empire known as the Aztecs or Mexica. It had a population of 200‚000 people; almost three times that of the largest
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Spaniards allied with the Tlaxcalan indians and marched into Tenochtitlan. Montezuma welcomed in Quetzalcoatl’s men with open arms‚ but Hernan Cortes seized power of the empire by using Montezuma as a figurehead against his will‚ while Cortes made all the real decisions. Cortes acted as a secret leader until 1520‚ when events caused tension to escalate‚ and Cortes demanded Montezuma command his people obey the Spaniards. The Indians didn’t like this at all‚ and showered their leader in stones‚ he
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