How Did The Indians Conquer The Aztecs In Central Mexico?

The Aztecs were a remarkable civilization. Th is civilization were distrusted and disliked because they tended to push others out of their way. They ruled an empire in Tenochtitlan in the time of 1350 to 1519. They also were known for their agriculture and human sacrifices. Agriculture was a very important part of their h istory because without their farming method the Aztec couldn't have created such great civilization. According to Document A of the Aztec DBQ, states that the Aztec empire grew more than 200 miles west to east, and north to south. Th is means that with the growth of the empire the population also grew and more effective agriculture techniques were needed to feed the people. They created the method of ch inampas because they

When the Spanish ruled the Aztec society, the culture of the people changed completely. The Spanish took everything the Aztecs had in life and also everything they had worked for. They made dramatic changes to their political ways and stance, their culture and economy. Most of the Spanish’s changes were for the worse, but some of them helped save the Aztec society. These changes have been kept through those ages and bought into modern society.

The reading “An Aztec account of the Spanish Conquest” is mainly about a story when Hernan Cortes came for the first time at Tenochtitlan (nowadays Mexico City). The Aztecs believes that when Hernan Cortes arrive they believe the he was Quetzalcoatl, the main god in the Aztec culture. Cortes were friendly invite to the Aztec city as the most important guest, the Aztec people made a big party to celebrate the return of their god, but the Aztec people did not know Cortes intentions of conquer the empire. Later the Aztecs were betrayed by Hernan Cortes. Cortes’s army began to attack the city and at the end they take over the city.

     The Aztecs were an American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico from the 1400's to the 1500's. The Aztecs had one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas and built cities as large as any in Europe at that time. They also practiced a remarkable religion that affected every part of their lives and featured human sacrifice. The Aztecs built towering temples, created huge sculptures, and held impressive ceremonies all for the purpose of worshipping their gods. The Spaniards destroyed their magnificent empire in the year 1521, but the Aztecs left a lasting mark on Mexican life and culture .

After landing on the coast of Mexico in the early 1500’s in what is now Veracruz, Cortés caught word of the possibility of much wealthier land if he were only willing to travel more inland. The Aztec empire centered around it’s powerful capital city of Tenochtitlán, and Cortés wanted it for himself and Spain. After arriving in the great city he said to have gasped at the sight of the large buildings, beautiful design, and overall substance. While the accounts written by him and his men are the only known surviving writings of the late empire, we are able to get a pretty clear glimpse into its beauty by the way he spoke. Built on a sizeable lake, the Tenochtitlán was only assessable by four very large bridges. Cortés was quite impressed by the way in which 10 of his men could ride side by side while crossing. The actual size of the city was not what impressed him most, seeing as it was comparable to the city of Seville that he had seen at home, but instead he found it intriguing how the people had developed roads that worked around the grand body of water.

The Aztec Empire was very successful during their time in power. Before settling Lake Texcoco, they were believed to be nomads. According to legend, Huitzilopochtli (god of sun and war) told them to go where they was an eagle sitting on a cactus with a snake in it’s mouth. Although, historians believe that other more powerful tribes had settled around Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs had no choice but to settle where they did. Overall the Aztec Empire was very powerful, and successful. Mainly they should be known for their innovations. Politically, through lightning quick attacks, chinampas, and emperors being chosen on merit. Economically, innovations such as chinampas, causeways/raised roads, and canals. Lastly, innovations were used socially through calpullis, aqueducts, and Calmecacs.

When the Spaniards under Hernan Cortez gazed upon the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán in Mexico in 1519, the scene before them amazed them. There, in the middle of a wide lake was a shimmering city with bright white walls of vast buildings sitting on an island in the middle of a large lake with causeways linked to it. The astonishment of those first Spanish visitors soon turned to horror when they saw the vast scale of ritual sacrifices made by the Aztecs.

Spanish explorers accompanied by soldiers led expeditions inland throughout South and present day-Latin America in the early 16th century. The Spanish were searching for a suitable Spanish colony that both represented Spain, and did not require the building of new cities from the ground up; but rather they wanted a solid foundation of a urban centre to build off of. The Aztec capital city of ‘Tenochititlan’ was the answer to these Spanish desires.

The Aztec-Spanish War was more than a war leading to the demise of the Aztec empire; rather it was one of the most remarkable and significant wars of European history, beginning the colonization of Mesoamerica. The Spaniards who came to the New World were known as conquistadors, Spanish for “conquerors”. Hernando Cortez, one of the most ambitious Spanish conquistadors, left Cuba in 1519 with 500 men, 11 ships, horses, and countless other provisions. The exploratory mission, supported by the governor of Cuba: Diego de Velásquez, soon turned into one of conquest. Driven by the pursuit of gold, glory and god, Cortez was determined to use any means necessary in his desire to conquer one of ancient history’s most prominent civilizations: The Aztecs.

At the time the Spaniards first arrived in Mexico, Aztec civilization was thriving. They controlled a broad empire that stretched from central Mexico to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and into Oaxaca in the south. The population at the time was between 5 million and 15 million people. Tenochitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire, had a population of between 200,000 and 400,000 people. The Aztecs established their rule on military conquest and on tributes gained from the people they conquered. Tributes could be paid in the form of gold, cotton, jade, cacao beans, maize, and other products. The Aztecs responded viciously to local rulers who did not pay tribute or resisted it. They would then destroy the rebellious villages and slaughter or

This great city was amazingly large and impressive. Even the Spanish thought so. The thing that I find most impressive is how these people traveled around. They would travel through Tenochititlan by canoe and "farmed special plots of land called chinampas. They also used picture writing to record political and religious history; they used calendars and had a mathenmatical system. This city was and still is inspirational because of how much this city grew, how large and impressive it was, and how they made their population grow. This city was conquered by Hernan Cortes, his army, and the Indian tribe that wanted the Aztec rule to break away. The way they ruled was by demanding high tributes and constantly fighting to keep up the steady supply of captives to later on use as

In Northern Mexico, a group of people known as the Aztecs arrived and became the dominant tribe in the region. Since the 13th century the Aztecs developed their capital city of Tenochtitlan as well as controlled their capital city of Tenochtitlan and their rival’s city-states. However in the 16th century invaders from Spain led by conquistador, Hernan Cortez, put an end to the Aztecs after taking Tenochtitlan (“Beyond Human Sacrifice”, 2002; “Montezuma, II”, 1998). Though the Aztec’s civilization crumbled, much of their art remains to tell stories of their religion and rituals that they practiced. Their art included statues of gods, ceremonial clothing, and illustrations depicting a warrior society built upon human sacrifice.

The way of life of the Aztecs within the city Tenochtitlan is very complex civilization. The Aztecs people are very advanced in astronomy and created the most advanced calendars from that time period. The law system is very complex and advance within the time period. The Aztecs law system was really something, its empire structure has to be based heavily on rigorously of the behavior of the citizens to keep the balance in check within society. The way of life of the Aztecs seem fair because if the people can’t pay their debt they can pay if off of being the main laborer. The Aztecs are very artistic with

In chapter one of Stannard’s work, a historical account of the Aztec empire before it was colonized is discussed. The colonizers were amazed by the Aztec’s work. The native people’s architecture in the palaces and temples, the canals and aqueducts, and the cleanliness of the city itself were something that the Europeans were not used to and did not have themselves in their home countries. While the natives were obtaining clean drinking water from fresh springs, the Europeans were used to drinking water from polluted rivers. All of the beauty created by the native people was soon to be destroyed by the Spanish colonizers.

The Aztecs were a tribe who lived in the region that is now modern day Mexico. They were very well organised as a colony. Then the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his team arrived in the Mexican coast in April of 1519. Their intentions were to discover and conquer new worlds for their glory of god. They also wanted gold to capture. It took around two years for the Spaniards to destroy they Aztecs well organised civilisation. Many Aztecs died of the war and the other thousands died from all the diseases that was spread by the Europeans.