Name: Yan wei Yang

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What cause the success of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire


Colonization of Spain began very early in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean coast. In 1518, some
of the Spanish colonists in Mexico coast, they snoop into some information about the Aztec Empire,
Governor Velasquez for Spanish was looked forward to this gold paradise. He was decided to send Cortes to
finish the conquest of the Aztec empire. Cortes is the Spanish nobility, and he had invaded Cuba, he is a very
ambitious person. After receiving this command, Cortez start to organize his soldier, he betel all of his
possessions on this expedition. Velasquez saw his ambition, he was worry about Cortes will be difficult to
control when he finish conquest of the Aztec empire, so he recovery command, but Cortes ignored his
command, in February 1519, he outlet to sea. After Cortes landed, he quickly defeated the Indians of Mexico
coast, and got an Indian woman, this woman is an Aztec chiefs daughter, and she knows Aztec language, she
changed to believe Catholicism later, she learns to speak Spanish very quickly, became the translator of
Corts's conquered process.
After two days he arrived to the territory of the Aztec Empire. King of Aztec-Mengdizuma II knew
where is he, Arrange some Aztec chiefs on his way, and gave him food and accommodation and sent gold and
various gifts to Cortes, he hopes it will prevent Cortes invasion of Tenochtitlan city. But it doesn't work, this
action even grew Cortess ambitions of invaded the Aztec empire. On November 8, 1519, Cortes openly into
Tenochtitlan, and also received the Aztecs welcome. After into the city, Spanish use some reason to capture
Mengdizuma II and killed him. In 1520, in a Aztecs religious activities, the Spanish killed many Aztecs, the
Aztecs was rallied against Spanish, they had surrounded the Spanish troop. The night of 30 June 1520, Cortes
organization Breakthrough, embarrassed escape Tenochtitlan, lost more than half. On April 18, 1521, Cortes
besieged Tenochtitlan again, with the leadership of new chief cuauhtemoc, the Aztecs were heroic resistance.
In August, the Spanish colonists invaded Tenochtitlan city, burning and looting, destruction this famous city.
They were destroyed everything and then built their own city on the ruins.
The last paragraph I tell you night of 30 June 1520, Aztecs attacked Cortess campsite. Cortes
organization Breakthrough, embarrassed escape Tenochtitlan, lost more than half. This is a famous war of the
American history - weep war. It is a variable, a black man soldier infected with smallpox joined this war, so
the Aztecs infected with smallpox quickly. Because the Aztecs don't contact the outside world for a long time,
they can fight with powerful Spanish Army, but they don't know how to against smallpox. When the second
year, Crotes builds his army again and he wants to capture this city again. But when he arrived to there, he
was very surprised, because the people number of the city has dropped from 30 hundred thousand to 15
hundred thousand, but many of them can not fight, Crotes capture of this city soon. This war was won
because the Aztecs are very low, they dont know what is this, they dont know how to treat it. You barely
able to walk after into the city, unless you stepping on the bodies of the Aztecs. thats what Cortes said when
he into the city. This causes the success of Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, this is the important cause
of the success of Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire.
But why did they can successfully into the city? If Aztecs didnt let them in, everything would not
happen. They deeply believe Quetzalcoatl will protect them forever. Because their blind faith, they brought
themselves destruction. Aztecs has an old legend, long time ago, there are some whites, they came to help
Aztecs build the temple of the Aztec and they promise they will come back. When Spanish came to the city,
their white skin gives them a great advantage. Aztecs think whites came back, they are very happy, they
welcome Spanish into the city, but this time, whites give them a destroy. Spanish have gun, sword, iron
armor, if an advanced country conquest a backward country, the advance country will win.
Spanish colonists in Mexico snoop into some information about the Aztec Empire, and they guess
Aztecs have many gold, but the king of Aztec's stupid action, let them sure Aztec has many gold. They start to
conquest of the Aztec empire. Smallpox, gun, sword, iron armor causes Spanish success.