Cortez

Reverting back to the time period of the Spanish Conquista when Hernan Cortez was battling for settlement, La Malinche, (also referred to as Doña Marina, Milinalli, or Malintzin) a Nahua woman, was brought to him as a slave amongst twenty others like her. Having caught his attention, Cortez entitled La Malinche to be his translator, advisor, and mistress.

Spanish had was that they had horses. You would normally think that horses are not a huge deal, but these horses totally freaked out the Aztecs. And finally a huge mental weapon that Cortéz had, was that the Aztecs speculated that he was a god.

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Aztecs The origin of the Aztecs remains uncertain to this day. Most people believe that the Aztecs originated a northern hunter-gatherer tribe. The Aztecs also took on the names Tenochca or Mexica. Their arrival happened close to the end of the fall of the civilization called Toltec’s. In fact, The Aztecs might have helped start the fall of the Toltec’s. The Aztecs decided to settle on the marshy land of the southwest border of lake Texcoco because they saw an eagle perched on a cactus and saw

While perhaps the claims I am about to make were formed due to recent exposure to a multitude of Shakespeare's/Shakespearean work, I still could not help but bring to light the comparisons I made between the relationships in The Indian Emperour and those in The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth. However, despite there being a possibility that my mind and its analyses process has been temporarily compromised by the good work of our 16th century friend Billy, such a comparison is

The most important motive for early European exploration across the Atlantic was the dream of enormous riches. Initially, explorers and merchants hoped to find a sea route across the Atlantic to the thriving markets of Asia. However, Columbus greatly miscalculated the circumference of the earth; thus resulting in the discovery of a completely new world to explore and exploit. Upon arriving in the Americas, the Spanish and Portuguese sought precious metals or land that could be worked for profit

Small Pox Pandemic 1520). This quote has to do with Dr.Jared Diamond’s theory of germs because again it is a disease which kills a whole population but it also is deadly. Small box weakened the entire population of everyone who lived in Tenochtitlan. Cortez then returns with 900 Spanish soldiers and laid siege to

Since my earlier years, I have always had a picture in my mind of the Native Americans sitting at the table and feasting with the Euro-American colonists. It would seem that the two relatively different nations were cordial and warm. Being that I am familiar with American History, names such as Squanto, Hobbamock or Massasoit are rather familiar. Sometime between 1620, when the Plymouth Colony came to be and the outbreak of the first wars with the Native American inhabitants, is frequently understood

Although mistreatment caused considerable suffering for Mexican-Americans, it also forced them to overcome internal differences in order to form a secure community, and contributed to the eventual development of a sense of mexicanidad. Gutiérrez explains how the abuse faced by Mexican-Americans caused the formation of such ties, stating, “it is common for such newly created minority populations to develop a new sense of identity as a natural defense mechanism or as part of a larger ‘oppositional

The Aztecs were a huge Empire in Mexico, with many gold resources and other expensive resources. Cortez was very smart and manipulative, whereas the Aztecs were gullible. The Aztecs believed that Cortes was a god, and offered him a lot of money and gold. While Cortez accepted this offer, the Aztecs soon realized that Cortez was not a god, just an explorer. Cortez was the downfall of the empire because he brought in other Europeans to help him take the gold from the Aztecs. The