Conquestador invasion on the Aztec empire in Mexico and how it affected both the europeans and the Aztecs.
The voyage of Christopher Columbus marked a milestone in the history of European travels. Columbus just like many of the explorers that followed set out with good intentions to find new land and resources. Open new trade and bringing new technological advancements to foreign countries to better the economy, seemed like a wonderful thing to do for the natives of the western hemisphere. Blinded by god, glory, and gold making peace with the natives and …
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…Spanish conquerors. The Aztecs welcomed the Spanish with open arms showing them much respect and love. To the greed driven conquistadors those efforts were not good enough. The Spanish could not stand for a country to be more powerful than their own, which drove them to bring down a colony.
Work Citied
Bentley, Jerry H. and Herbert F. Ziegler. Traditions Encounters. New York: Mc Graw Hill: 2003.
Leon-Portilla, Miguel, ed. The Broken Spears. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
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