The last one, "The Native Americans fought on land they knew."
Answer:
1. Moctezuma II welcomed the Spanish, thinking that Cortes was the human incarnation of the god Quetzalcoatl
2. Cortes and his man brought smallpox to the city of Tenochtitlan, killing many Aztec
3. Cortes established alliances with enemies of the Aztec such as the Tlaxcalans
4. Cortes marched up the coast of Mexico and conquered the territory of Veracruz
Explanation:
When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the Aztecs were thinking that they were deities, and that Cortes is a human incarnation of Quetzalcoatl, with the main reason for that being that they looked much different and came with ships from where the legend said that Quetzalcoatl will one day return. The Spanish used this in their advantage and left the Aztecs to think that way, bringing them in their capital and making them familiar with it, but also brought smallpox with in the city, killing off the Aztecs. Cortes and his men were hungry for gold, and the Aztecs had lot of it. The Spanish understood that most of the people conquered by the Aztecs hated them, so they made alliances with them in order to attack them and take over their empire. Together, the Spanish and the local people managed to defeat the Aztecs and took over their territory, marking the beginning of the Spanish empire in the New World.
Answer:
New networks were built in the west
Explanation:
Answer:
The missionaries could have tried a more friendly approach with the natives, besides having tried to make alliances with the French.
Explanation:
The missions promoted by the Spanish in the east in Texas had as main objective to expel the French from the region, to convert natives and to make the place safe for the establishment of borders.
Although a few borders were established, the missions were not successful. The natives had friendly relations with the French, which meant that the Spanish missions were not strong enough to expel them. Furthermore, the missionaries' approach to the Indians was not accepted with friendliness, but it did establish a strong conflict between natives and Spaniards.
