<span>Cortés then ordered the idols of the Aztec gods in the temples to be taken down and replaced with icons of Christianity. He also announced that the temple would never again be used for human sacrifice. Human sacrifice and reports of cannibalism, common among the natives of the Aztec Empire, had been a major reason motivating Cortés and encouraging his soldiers to avoid surrender while fighting to the death.</span>
It promoted primary education for children but did not make it compulsory.
Explanation:
Northwest ordinance was one of the major civil libertine acts and progressive works of the early government of the time.
It was responsible for the promotion of primary education but it did not make it compulsory for the people to have their children educated.
Under the ordinance, slavery was also forever outlawed in the areas of the Northwest Territory, freedom of religion was given and the Indians were guaranteed fair treatment and education which was not followed on much.
