The correct answer is C) Conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements.
<em>The Aztec and Inca empires were impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization because conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements.
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The Aztecs believed that Hernando Cortez was the representation of its God Quetzalcoatl and opened the doors to the Spanish conquistadors. Once inside Tenochtitlan –the capital city of the Aztec Empire- and with the help of enemies tribes such as the “Cholultecas” and “Tlaxcaltecas”, Cortez defeated the once powerful Aztec army.
After the conquest, Spanish people destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires to built new settlements of what now is known as colonial architecture or New Spain architecture style, that still today embellishes the downtown in Mexico City, Mexico, and Lima, in Peru.
