Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) was a Spanish colonizer and conqueror, who leaded the conquest of the Mexican territories, that started in 1519 with the occupation of Veracruz. The tales about the sacking of the Mexican capital, Tenochtitlan, are still legendary nowadays.
After the takeover of Veracruz, Cortes gave the order of sinking his own ships (it was thought they were burnt, but nowadays that hypothesis is being questioned). Anyway, he destroyed his ships on purpouse to force his men to go forward and conquer the New World, both in the militar and spiritual (goal of spreading the Christian religion) dimensions.
- Agreement with his decision: of course it is an incredibly effective manner of ensuring that his men would be motivated to conquer the territory, mainly because they did not have an alternative choice. They had to become rulers there or be lost in the middle of unknown lands. It can be claimed how the ultimate goal justifies the means.
- Disagreement with the decision: it can be argued how unethical is that he prevented his men from deciding if they wanted to participate or not on the mission. He eliminated the choice.
Answer:
B. spread their influnce, culture, and religion among the Native Americans
Explanation:
The Inca empire was known for advances that bettered their community and kept balance from within. Some of the things that empires like the Inca used we still may use today.
The Inca had very advanced road systems that they used very frequently. These roads were used primarily for communication and trading goods. Communication, as you can imagine, was very hard back in those days. There was no phone or barely a good mail system, so if someone you knew lived far away, it would be very hard to keep in touch. There were certain message carriers, that would carry messages down these roads to different people.
The Inca also had a very complex government and taxing system. It is very hard to believe that civilizations so far back in time could keep track of things such as government and taxing, even though they didn't keep any written records or anything like we do today. The Inca is known for its complex, advanced, and well done government. This government was called the "<em>Tawantinsuyu</em>" and had numerous people keeping watch over the civilians and how much they paid in taxes, but had one ruler among everyone.
Empires, such as the Inca empire, had to do with many of our advances today and it is astonishing how much they accomplished back in that time.
It is true. This was called the Trail of Tears.
