How Did Cortes Conquer Mexico
The great Spanish conqueror Hernando Cotes (1485-1547) invaded and conquered an Aztec empire populated by millions of natives that stretched out from Mexico all the way down South America. With a force of fewer than 1 thousand men supported by horses and cannons, never before had such a puny force conquered the most powerful native tribe of this earth, and gathered such a massive wealth. This conquest was not an easy one, problems involved where trying to convert natives to his side, so that he may conquer the new world and converting these people to the catholic religion. Nevertheless more implications arose when Cortes landed in Mexico, there was a language barrier between the Spaniards and the natives as well as the standard of living or culture was totally alien to the Europeans. But the Spaniards were after one thing only, gold….
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When the Spaniards got to the Yucatan, Cortes burned his ships, leaving no means of escape for his men. Long his route to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Cortes had to fight his way against other native tribes, then after defeating them, began to enlist their support against their longtime Aztec enemies. By the time Cortes had reached the capital, he had thousands of soldiers fighting for him. As he neared Tenochtitlan he exploited an Aztec myth of their God coming forth as a light skinned, bearded god-king. The seized the city, and held captive the great Aztec leader Montezuma. Montezuma made an attempt to stop Cortes, but his defenses lacked unity and tenacity because the people believed Cortes to be their god returning to the people. The first thing Cortes does is fire his loud canons in the city, this caused confusion and fear in the city. Then he demanded gold from Montezuma, and after seizing the gold then started to turn them into ingots, destroying the beauties of Aztec
When the Spaniards got to the Yucatan, Cortes burned his ships, leaving no means of escape for his men. Long his route to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Cortes had to fight his way against other native tribes, then after defeating them, began to enlist their support against their longtime Aztec enemies. By the time Cortes had reached the capital, he had thousands of soldiers fighting for him. As he neared Tenochtitlan he exploited an Aztec myth of their God coming forth as a light skinned, bearded god-king. The seized the city, and held captive the great Aztec leader Montezuma. Montezuma made an attempt to stop Cortes, but his defenses lacked unity and tenacity because the people believed Cortes to be their god returning to the people. The first thing Cortes does is fire his loud canons in the city, this caused confusion and fear in the city. Then he demanded gold from Montezuma, and after seizing the gold then started to turn them into ingots, destroying the beauties of Aztec