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Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526)

A- Hernan Cortes created this source and his point of view is the Spanish point of view. P- Cortes writing to the king of Spain in 1519 about the Aztecs, from Central America. P- Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador that was thought to be a god by the Aztecs. This gave him the upper hand on the Aztecians and let him practically rule the Aztec Empire as he wanted to. He also tried to change some of the Aztecian religious practices such as sacrifice and much more. A- His audience is the King of Spain and this changes his reliability because he's not going to mention that much negatives in order to unsure that he'll be able to stay there and be funded. R- It was produced in order to give an update on what was going on in Central America to the king of Spain. T- The source is trying to show the Aztecian religious beliefs and how into sacrifice they were. It was showing this in order to show the king of Spain what Cortes is dealing with in Central America. S- This source is important because it gives us an idea of the wealth that the Aztecians posessed and it also gives us an idea of the type of religious beliefs they had. They strongly believed in sacrifice according to Cortes but they also didn't have a strong belief in their gods becuase they gave into Catholicism real easily.

Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519)

A- One of Bernardino de Sahagun witnesses tell the story and Bernardino de Sahagun is the author and he talks from the Aztecian point of view. P- Aztecian Empire in 1519 P- Bernardino de Sahagun went to Mexico in 1529 and mastered the language of Nahuatl. He gathered a lot of information about the Aztecian history. A- This source was created pretty much just for the history books so people would know how cruel the Spanish were, and this makes this source a little more reliable. R- It was produce then in order to prevent the truth of the Spanish treatment from disappearing and being forgotten. T- The source is trying to show the extreme harsh treatment that the Spanish gave the Aztecians even after the Aztecians treated the Spanish like gods and treated them great. S- It's important because this is a source that gives limited bias because it's an eyewitness, and also it's one of the few sources coming from an Aztecian about the Spanish's treatment.

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APPARTS A- Benjamin Franklin is the author and his point of view is from the British side P- It was created on 1755 in the 13 colonies P- The British aimed their main forces on Fort Duquesne, but because of transportation this take over was hard. General Edward Braddock was the British commander, and 250 French attacked 1,200 British and the French won. A-This source was created for the British so this puts a little amount of bias in his writings R-It was produced 16 years after the battle to tell of the extreme misfortune of the British in this case. T- The main source was trying to give an accurate portrait of this battle for the Fort of Duquesne. It talks about the great misfortunes of the British in this battle. S- This is important because this is one of the few sources that talk about the French Indian War and the way that the British lost.