Aztec is the name popularly used today to label the people who dominated central Mexico around 1500 CE. Actually, "the Aztecs" never used the term to describe themselves; rather, they were Nahuatl-speaking peoples divided into about twenty different ethnic groups. The most famous of these groups, and the preeminent one when the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, were the Mexica.
The Mexica arrived in the basin of Mexico (where Mexico City stands today) probably some time during the thirteenth century CE. According to their own legends, they arrived along the western shores of Lake Texcoco as an impoverished, uncouth group into a region that was already fairly fully occupied by a series of kingdoms. Despised as barbarians by the existing inhabitants, their only skill was an aptitude for warfare under the strong influence of their patron god of war, Huitzilopochtli.
Gradually, the Mexica grew stronger. They settled their capital, Tenochtitlan, sometime around 1325, and toward the end of the fourteenth century began to make a concerted drive to achieve a position of strength in the region. In 1428, they and several allies overthrew the Tepanecs of Azcapotzalco, the most powerful kingdom in the basin of Mexico at the time. In one sudden move, the Mexica had become the most-powerful group in ancient Mexico
The main reasons is that they were inspired by their leaders to fight. The leaders often invoked supernatural intervention such as magic,witch craft, or ancestral spirits. example is the maji maji rebellion where the leader inspired the natives that they would be protected by the water concoction. Another reason is that they were bitter and were often not afraid of death. They had already lost their dignity and had nothing to loss in their death. The third reason is that they were oblivious of the mighty power of the weapons.
The main reason as to why the southern planters has opposed to the wilmot proviso was because of the reason that if they don't oppose to it, it would likely abolish slavery in terms of the lands that they have gained from the Mexican American War.
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<u>The impact was most severe in the Caribbean, where by 1600 Native American populations on most islands had plummeted by more than 99 percent. Across the Americas, populations fell by 50 percent to 95 percent by 1650.</u>
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Religious reasons
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Most people that came here were because they wanted to escape persecution. Many people were persecuted for their relgious beliefs so they came here.
