Spanish america

Accomplished navigator Hernan Cortes had many significant expeditions including the conquer that impacted the Aztec Civilisation all due to his motives, causes and changes. Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando Cortez growing up with military running in the blood as his father was an officer of the Spanish Army had an extremely pressured life. Both parents wanting his to become a lawyer, he attended an university at age of 14. By the age of 19 he was pursuing his dream and began his first voyage

1) Cabeza de Vaca was a European conquistador who explored La Americas and some of Mexico as he led his expedition through it, known as having the power to cure people and tried to get New Spain’s settlements. Ponce de Last was another Spanish conquistador and explorer who led his expedition through the Caribbean region in the 18th century. Hernan Cortes was another Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire in Central America. The similarities these three conquistadors had were that they

The Inca Empire, the massive nation that extended 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America and had a population of over 7 million at its peak. It included all of what is now Ecuador and Peru and most of Chile. Known as “The Children of the Sun”, they excelled at craftsmanship, weaving, and culture (“Children of the Sun”). A very religious people, they worshiped the Sun as their supreme god and held religious festivals monthly to appease these gods. Although they did not value it aside

was one of the first major fighters for human rights in the New World. In 1542, Las Casas wrote to the Spanish crown, who at the time was Charles V, “A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies,” which spoke of Spain's treachery towards the native peoples in the Spanish colonies, and asked for it to end.1 During the Spanish conquest of the New World—the region of North America and South America—the Spaniards establish dominance over the natives. They took their land, placed them without consent

first travels were led by Cortez, who made it very clear that they were the ones in charge. In an excerpt from document 1, the Spanish tell the Indians that they must “agree to let the Christian priests preach to you” or else the Spanish would take them as slaves or kill them. During these days, not much of the ocean had been explored yet, especially not in the Americas. However, according to document 3, Cortez made a speech to the one who joined him saying, “I shall make you the richest

While America changes socially over time, American ideology remains steadfast; selfishness and self-improvement serve as the core ethic of America. Additionally, this ideology removes obstacles to prosperity and promotes capitalism at the expense of others, the environment, and possibly one’s own psyche. Two societies that established these American principles are the Spanish and the Iroquois. Despite living in the same country, each culture varies in their moral principles. The Spanish treat themselves

the Aztec empire? How was Hernan Cortes able to conquer the Aztec empire? The fall of the Aztec Empire was led by an expedition by Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, in 1521. Cortes’ time was the era of Exploration. He became engrossed with the tales of Christopher Columbus and decided to join the exploration. Which led him to travel to the Americas and triumph of the Aztec empire. Such as a prophecy, weaponry, translators, disease and allies. An Aztec prophecy told of a God, Quetzalcoatl, who

Between the 1500s and 1800s the Spanish controlled vast amounts of lands in the Americas. Their sovereignty extended from the southern tip of South America all the way up to the coast of California, along with various Islands in the Caribbean. Throughout the reign of the Spanish, racial diversity among the population impacted social stability. The elite’s determination to maintain power and lower classes’ aim for upward social mobility were constant struggles during Spanish rule. Since class was determined

prior to European contact. Those numbers dwindled down drastically in the years that Europeans came and started colonizing. The Europeans came to explore the New World in search of land, spices, gold, God and glory. Among these colonists were the Spanish who colonized most of the southwest of the United States. Evidence of their settlements can still be seen today in the missions scattered across the land. These missions were started with the purpose of converting the Native Americans to Christianity

destroyed by Malinche’s action. 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. Before arriving at