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How did the Spanish feel about the Aztecs?
They hated the Aztecs because they had raided their cities for people to sacrifice to their gods. Montezuma II tried to keep Cortés from getting all the way to Tenochtitlan, but Cortés continued his march. He destroyed the Aztec religious city of Cholula along the way.
Why were the Aztecs scared of the Spanish?
Montezuma II, the Aztec emperor, professed a fear that the Spaniards were followers of the white-skinned and bearded Teotihuacán god, Quetzalcoatl, who had been exiled by the Toltecs because he forbade human sacrifice and had promised a return from across the sea to enforce his law.
What did the Aztecs think of the Spanish at first?
The Aztecs first thought the Spanish were gods due to their light skin and dark hair. The Aztecs would pay the Spanish gold and other gifts to celebrate them. The Spanish saw these riches and realized they wanted more but were outnumbered by the Aztecs.
How did the Aztecs react to the arrival of the Spanish quizlet?
How did the Aztecs react to the arrival of the Spanish? They welcomed the Spanish with gold and food. Why are the Olmecs considered the first complex society in Mesoamerica? They developed the region’s first written language and numbering system.
How did the Spanish help the Aztecs?
The Spanish had a positive effect on Aztec civilization because they helped modernize the society. They introduced the Aztecs to domestic animals, sugar, grains, and European farming practices. Most significantly, the Spanish ended the Aztec’s practice of human sacrifice.
What would have happened to the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived?
When the Spanish arrived, normally they would have been captured and sacrificed immediately. That’s how the Aztecs did things. But, in the 1500s, when the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, entered Aztec territory with a small band of his men, the Aztec misunderstood why they were there.
What did Moctezuma do to the Aztecs?
Moctezuma was the ruler who allowed the Spanish, led by an adventurer called Hernan Cortes, to seize the Aztecs’ Central American empire in 1519-21. The way was thus opened (as historians like to say) for the subsequent destruction of the Inca empire in Peru and the colonisation of the whole of South America.
Why did Quetzalcoatl appear to the Aztecs?
Quetzalcoatl, a very important god to the Aztecs, had vowed he would appear when the end of the world was near, to save the Aztec people. The Aztecs always believed the end of the world was near. That’s why they scarified so many people.
How did the Spanish get to Tenochtitlan?
Cortés and the Spanish arrived at the city of Tenochtitlan in November of 1519. While they were accompanied by their new allies, the Tlaxcala, only Cortés and the Spanish were invited into the city. Still believing that Cortés might be Quetzalcoatl, Moctezuma II gave the Spanish many gifts and allowed them to stay as guests in the Aztec capital.