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How Did Cortes Conquer The Aztecs

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Within the past few centuries, unique history has been made with many international leaders which have been able to conquer land and leadership. The Spaniards were known to the world as a tough army and every group that had heard about them were terrified to come in contact with them. With having a strict leader, the army was unstoppable and unshakable. The Spanish were able to defeat fellow Indians because, Cortes was a heartless man, the Aztecs assumed they Spanish were gods which led them to be afraid of them, and accurately identifying Indians. Hernando Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs because they had a rough tribute system which made Cortes to act as a liberator. When moving into the city, diseases were being spread due to Spanish which made many individuals of the tribes to fall ill due to horrible immune systems. Cortes carried approximately 500 men with him during the time he began invading the area. The town was scared to see Cortes invading their area because each individual knew that their life would be destroyed within a couple of days. Cortes wrote to his king “They [the Aztecs] have a most horrid and abominable custom which truly ought to be punished...” (Marcus, 4) Cortes knew that he was capable of destroying the town since he had an army to back him up. …show more content…

To figure out if these army individuals were royal, the Aztecs gave the Spaniards golden banners and necklaces to see how they would react to it. “Like monkeys they grabbed the gold. It was as though their hearts were put to rest, brightened, freshened. For gold was what they greatly thirsted for…” (Marcus,10) From finding out that the Spanish were not a type of god it really opened their eyes and they knew that maybe the Spanish were able to get

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