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Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico 1519-1526 A- Hernan Cortes P- Tenochtitlan, the capitol of the Aztec Nation, October of 1520 P- Hernan Cortes was a spanish conquistador that explored Mexico. He used no force to enter Tenochtitlan, for he was pressumed to be a god of ancient Aztec legend. Cortes took vast amounts of gold for the city and used his gift of the throne to command the great numbers of Aztecs to mine for more gold. After Cortes was discovered to be a man because of a bleeding cut, the aztecs forced him out of their capitol. Upon his return a year later, he found all of the Aztecs had been killed off by disease. A- This source was created for the eyes of the Spanish royalty. Hernan needed to write to the king to reestablish the reason for his exploration and to tell his results of the voyage so far. Hernán was writing to tell of the advances of converting the natives to catholocism It does affect the reliability of the source because Hernan would like to "butter up" the king to ensure that his voyages were not cancelled and cause the flow of gold from the aztecs mines to Cortes's pocket would not cease. Therefore, Cortes would obviously only tell the king how bountiful his adventures had been. R-Hernán was righting to the King of Spain to tell him of the advances in converting the natives to Catholocism. The main purpose for the conquistadors was for them to explore and convert people to the catholic religion. T-The main idea of this source was Hernán Cortes reporting to the Spanish King of his successes in converting the Aztecs to Catholocism S- This source is significant because not only does it give us an account of some of the customs of ancient aztec culture, it also shows what Cortes did and how he was impacting the Aztecs with the collision of the Spanish culture.

Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico 1519 A- Eyewitness member of the Aztec Society P- Tenochtitlan in the year 1519 is the setting of this primary source P- The Aztec Society of Mexico was one of the most civilized native peoples of the world. They built huge temples, had roads, and built cities with their bare hands. When Hernando Cortes showed up, they thought he was a god because his armor reflected like the sun, his gun was fire in his hand, he and his men rode huge "dogs", and he arrived with the sun on the ocean. These characteristics all matched a well believed legend describing the coming of one of the Aztec gods. After the Aztecs discovered the truth, they forced Cortes out of Tenochtitlan. After he was gone, however, the aztec civilization was doomed with deadly European diseases. A- The audience for this piece is the Spaniards. The Spaniards wanted to know the history of the Aztec civilization, so they ordered some natives to write down events of the culture. One of the eyewitnesses from the meeting of Cortes and Monteczuma wrote this account of the Spanish R- The reason for the writing of this account is for the spanish to know and learn the history of the Aztec culture. It also may be noted that the reason for this article is to tell the untold side of the treatment of the Aztecs by the Spanish T- This source conveys the account of Monteczuma meeting Cortes and it tells how the Spanish were recieved and how they acted. S- The significance of this source is that it conveys the side of the Aztecs. It is very important because there are limited accounts of the relationships of the spanish and natives.

Similarities: both tell the story of the occurances each culture. The Spanish account tells of the aztec's religious beliefs and some day to day things. The Aztec account tells of the first encounters of the Spanish and how the spanish people influenced the aztecs and how they spanish reacted upon being treated as gods with limitless power.