Spain’s Conquest of the Indian civilizations of Mexico and South America shaped their vast new world in many ways. The Spanish increased monetary gains‚ gained power and created a new type of breed shaping its vast new world empire. “Spain secured Columbus’s discoveries through the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) dividing the land with Portugal” (Spain’s main competition at the time.) (Kennedy‚ Cohen & Piehl Pg.14.) With the land secured‚ Spain gained more power through many of the lands resources such
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facing the Spanish‚ the Aztecs were at a severe disadvantage. The Aztecs had just finished building the main parts of their vast empire and defeated the other tribe that were the rulers of the land that their empire now sat upon. Then‚ all of a sudden‚ these strange people show up with all these strange and foreign objects and the Aztecs didn’t know what to do. As the Aztecs would soon find out‚ the Spanish had come to conquer land‚ not make allies. The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs because
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The Spanish‚ led by Hernán Cortés landed on the Mexican peninsula in search of gold in 1519. Within three years‚ the Spanish had conquered the Aztec Empire. Accounts of what happened during the first Spanish attack differ greatly based on whose account the event is read. According to the primary source by the Aztecs‚ the Aztecs were brutally slaughtered by the Spanish. When the Spanish first arrived the Aztecs called them lords because they believed that their leader was Quetzalcoatl‚ the bird
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The Spanish were ready to conquer or make an alliance with anyone on their expedition to Tenochtitlan. Cortes the leader of the Spaniards brought eleven ships‚ five hundred and eight fighting men‚ one hundred sailors‚ two hundred indigenous slaves‚ and sixteen horses on his way to find gold and glory. The Spaniards would fight to kill while the Aztecs would capture their enemies and sacrifice them to their gods. Due to this difference in worldview the Aztec’s weapons were also different from the
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contributed to the defeat of the Aztecs? Though there appear to be several factors involved in the defeat of the Aztecs‚ three stood out above the others: (1) superstition‚ (2) weapons and warring tactics‚ and (3) the introduction of new diseases. Ten years prior to the arrival of the Spaniards‚ there were eight signs or omens that appeared to predict the downfall of civilization or the end of the world. Superstition‚ omens‚ magicians‚ signs‚ etc. were a major part of the Aztec religion and one can see
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The Spanish conquest of Mexico started in February 14th in 1519 when Cortes arrived at Tenochtitlan in Mexico. The battle was between the Aztecs and Spanish. It started when Cortés and Montezuma were on the causeway giving gifts to each other. And because Montezuma was a naive leader‚ Cortes bribed him. Later the Spanish conquistadors and allies attacked every other Aztec city by a siege. Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors wanted to gain Montezuma’s trust so that they could get the land‚ power
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The Conquest of New Spain was an interesting period of Spanish history‚ during this time the Spanish Empire was in a period of extensive. There are two sources that were written during this time‚ that portray events in different light. The first letter is written by Hernan Cortés to the Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the V‚ and is a report written by Cortés about the Yucatan‚ describing its people and Cortés’ journey throughout these lands. The next letter is written by Bernal Diaz del
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When the Spanish arrived‚ they were not looking to bargain‚ they came looking to convert and conquer whatever the cost‚ even if the cost was DEATH! The Spanish left Spain in may‚ 1498 with 6 ships full of colonists and three with provisions for the colony on Hispaniola. They later arrived and planted the spanish flag in the shores of America on the 1st of August‚ 1498 after a rough journey across the ocean. After their arrival‚ the Spanish started to explore the lands and later being discovered by
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stream-assisted drilling‚ mine dewatering‚ and haulage improvements have majorly impacted the preparation for use of silver. The most commonly known method of preparing silver today is called the cyanide process‚ first idealized in the 18th century by Spanish miners‚ and developed during the 19th century. Briefly‚ the cyanide process begins with crushing the silver ore into pieces‚ then the ore is stacked on impermeable pads and finally sodium cyanide and water solution is added to the ore. Most commonly
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sound and fury‚ Spanish swords were much stronger‚ grifter and additional deadly than the stone and soft-metal weapons of the Indians that battles between them were no contest. Guns were shuddery however swords did the dirty work. Horses were conjointly a significant a part of the Spanish military advantage over the Aztecs‚ Mayans and Incas. the most important South yank animals were llamas‚ and though artiodactyl mammal spit will be nasty‚ it did not instill worry within the Spanish the means charging
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