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8.26.09 __Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico__
 * A**-Hernan Cortes
 * P**-Hernan Cortes mailed this letter from Segura de la Frontera on October 30, 1520 to his King in Spain
 * P**-Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1519. Because of the Aztec legend their leader, Muteczuma, stepped down from his thrown and gave Cortes over half the the gold the Aztecs had in possesion. Cortes was greedy and unsatisfied which led to the Aztecs rebellion in 1520 which drove Cortes out of Mexico. A year later Cortes had returned with more force than ever only to realize the Aztecs had died because of disease. Because of this Hernan Cortes conquered Mexico with ease.
 * A**-Sent to his King in Spain
 * R**-Hernan Cortes mailed this letter to his King to inform him of his great victory in conquering Mexico and all of the gold he had found
 * T**-The main idea of this source is explaining how Cortes easily conquered Mexico, twice.
 * S**-This siginificance of this source is that Hernan Cortes refused to let anything get i nthe way of him prospering and succeeding in finding new land and gold for Spain.

__Aztec Chroniclers describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico__
 * A**- The author is a witness of Sahagun
 * P**-1519 in an Aztec villlage, Mexico
 * P**- The Aztecs beleive that Cortes is a god and because of this they hand over everything to him everything he asks for without a fight, until they realize they have been tricked and they drive him out of Mexico. A year later Cortes reutrns but the Aztecs have died because of the diseases the Spanish brought over. Thus, Cortes easily conquers Mexico again.
 * A**- The source is written by a Sahagun wittness who is writing to himself, meaning that it is not necasarrily reliable and may be biased.
 * R**- The author wrote this piece so he could remember what happened and how ignorant the Aztecs were to Cortes' actions.
 * T**- The author is trying to convey how selfish and greedy the Spanish were and how the Aztecs blindly allowed themselves to be taken advantage of
 * S**- This piece is significant because contrary to Cortes' letter, it shows how negatively the Spanish Conquest of Mexico affected the Aztecs

__Similarites and Differences__ In Hernan Cortes' letter to the King of Spain he does not show any guilt or sorrow for what he did to the Aztecs. He takes pride in his victory and describes only the positive sides. The witness of Sahaguns piece to himself shows how dissapointed he was by Cortes' actions and explains the negative sides of the conquest. Cortes and the witness both make some of the same points and describe the same events but not exactly alike because of the points of view they are written in.

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