Cortez and Pizarro were able to defeat superior numbers. This is because the native americans did not have swords or guns to match that of the conquistadors.This as a result helped them capture the leaders and take control of the area. They also brought diseases which also easily killed the natives because they immune systems were not used to it. In conclusion this is why it was easy for them to conquer the Native Americans. The Muscogee Indians were the people who were unfortunately encountered
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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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In the "Indies"‚ nearly 30‚000 miles from home‚ the Spanish Conquistadors arrived on the Atlantic coast of Latin America. Unknowingly‚ they were about to cause the destruction of so much of the Indigenous culture‚ or rather have already been brought about by simply breathing the same air. Knowingly‚ what they were after can be summarized as 3 things in particular‚ God‚ Glory‚ & Gold. Soon after the Europeans realized they could make it to Asia‚ the English and French became very interested with
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The most delicious drink was found by Christopher Columbus‚ but it became popular because of a Spanish Conquistador named‚ Hernandez Cortez. What is this drink‚ you ask? No‚ it is not coffee. It is hot chocolate. In this paper‚ I will tell you how hot chocolate came to be today and why you need to thank Hernandez Cortez. I will also tell you how it’s different from history. In 1519‚ Spanish Conquistador Hernandez Cortez saw King of the Aztecs and almost every single one of the Olmec civilization
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P = Purpose(s) of reading material – I believe the purpose of this reading material was to give us a better understanding of what life was like for the Native Americans before the conquistadors arrived. This is described in the later part of the first chapter in Restall & Fernandez-Armesto’s The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction. I think the authors would also like us to see that not everything in the conquistador’s letters was necessarily and completely true. They embellished facts to
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The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain
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Why were the Japanese able to defeat the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore in 1942? The Japanese defeated the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore for a number of reasons. The British underestimated the Japanese and thought that Singapore was an impregnable fortress‚ meaning that they believed that Singapore was a country that could not be conquered. Therefore‚ they did not put much effort in trying to project Singapore. In this essay I will be comparing the Japanese and British
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[Cortés] who conquered so vast a land‚ converted such a multitude of men‚ cast down so many men‚ cast down so many men‚ cast down so many idols‚ and put an end to so much sacrifice and the eating of human flesh! —Francisco López de Gómara (1552) When people are asked‚ “who were the Conquistadors and what did they do?” One may respond‚ “Conquistadors came from Spain and settled the Americas.” An answer such as that may suffice and is factual. However‚ the Conquistadors were more than settlers‚ their
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ Spanish conquistadors and French explorers had different motivations and approaches to colonizing North America. These differences greatly affected their interactions with indigenous peoples and the success of their settlements. Spanish Conquistadors: Motivations and Approaches The Spanish were mainly driven by the search for gold‚ wealth‚ and the spread of Christianity. Many conquistadors came from noble but landless families and saw exploration as a way to gain
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Roman Catholic Orders were associations of men and women within the Roman Catholic Church who were dedicated to lives of prayer‚ service‚ and devotion. The Roman Catholic Church recognized at that time (1600-1650) three different types of religious Orders depending on the country they represented: Dominican and Franciscan friars represented Spain‚ Jesuits (called “Black Robes”) represented France‚ and Protestantism represented by England. The Spanish conquistadors were well educated‚ but
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