Some methods of war the Native Americans had never seen. Canons made a huge sound that made the natives afraid. Horses and dogs were also knew to the natives. One major key to conquering the natives was that the conquistadors had brought diseases, like chicken pox, to the americas. The natives weren't immune to these diseases, so a huge portion of the population died out.
Hernando Cortes conquer the Aztec Empire by swear allegiance to King Charles V of Spain. Velazquez sends 1100 men to oppose Cortes. If he conquer the Aztec empire, he takes the gold and jewelery to his boat and sent back to Spain.
Cortes and Pizarro had conquered the Aztecs in 1520 with the army they had brought with him. They had captured Montezuma and converted him to Christianity.
the conquistadors conquered the Inca and Aztecs by capturing both of their rulers as prisoners and destroyed most of their army's
Aztec and Inca
Spanish conquistadors conquered a huge number of Native Americans because the Spanish was armed with guns, hores, swords, etc. But the Native Americans didn't have the weapons the Spanish had.
As the Spanish explorers and conquistadors conquered and subdued Native American civilizations, more Spanish holdings in the New World gained Spain more territory. Spain dominated what is now Mexico and subdued many of the Native civilizations in South America.
The Spanish Conquistadors conquered the Native Americans because they wanted their gold.
While the Spanish did have better weapons and horses, there were two other main things that allowed them to conquer the central American and south American civilizations. For the Aztecs, one major thing that permitted them to be conquered was that they believed that Hernando Cortes was one of their gods returning to them, and so they did not challenge him until it was too late. For all of the civilizations, the main thing that destroyed them was European diseases. The Central and South American civilizations had never been introduced to the diseases that were common in Europe and therefore, had no antibodies or cures for them. Millions of the Native people were killed of because of these diseases and it gave the Spanish a very large advantage.
Aztec and Inca
As the Spanish explorers and conquistadors conquered and subdued Native American civilizations, more Spanish holdings in the New World gained Spain more territory. Spain dominated what is now Mexico and subdued many of the Native civilizations in South America.
Spanish conquistadors conquered a huge number of Native Americans because the Spanish was armed with guns, hores, swords, etc. But the Native Americans didn't have the weapons the Spanish had.
The Spanish Conquistadors conquered the Native Americans because they wanted their gold.
Disease killed over 90% of the natives, they had horses and gunpowder, and finally the atomic bomb killed everyone else.
Mexican culture is the result of a mix between the Native American civilizations living there until the 15th century -- of special importance are the Aztec and Mayan civilizations -- as well as the Spanish culture, brought by Spanish conquistadors from 1521 until Mexican independence in 1821.
They had superior weapons.
While the Spanish did have better weapons and horses, there were two other main things that allowed them to conquer the central American and south American civilizations. For the Aztecs, one major thing that permitted them to be conquered was that they believed that Hernando Cortes was one of their gods returning to them, and so they did not challenge him until it was too late. For all of the civilizations, the main thing that destroyed them was European diseases. The Central and South American civilizations had never been introduced to the diseases that were common in Europe and therefore, had no antibodies or cures for them. Millions of the Native people were killed of because of these diseases and it gave the Spanish a very large advantage.
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1.horses 2. Diseases 3. Allies
The Spanish Conquistadors brought horses. The horses make it easier for the native Americans to get around. They could cover more territory riding horses than they could on foot.