Thursday, September 12, 2013
Adventurers and Mystics
In this video we see the many great accomplishments and disasters that took place in New France (later Canada). I can see the similarity with the Aztecs and Spanish when Hernan Cortes discovered Mexico. Captain Cortes was ordered by the king of Spain to go to the New World. His famous discovery was when he arrived at Mexico with his men. When they arrived there, he saw that not only were there people, but there was immeasurable amounts of gold and jewels. The people over there, the Aztecs, saw him as a god-king and worshiped him. They started having a type of relationship that involved beneficial acts for everyone. Captain Cortes feared that they would betray him so he kidnapped their leader, Moctezuma II, and asked for a bounty. Later on, they rebelled and attack the Spanish. It triggered one of the most infamous massacres recorded in history. This massacre caused the extinction of this nation as the Spaniards slaughtered everyone of them. Thus, Captain Cortes became the governor of now called Mexico. There's been many coup d'états and betrayal for the power and greed. The lust for power came and rushed through their veins as each person Captain Cortes was in battle with. It ended up causing more bloodshed. Hernan Cortes truly had such a terrible life. Though he was wealthy, it all came with a price that he had to pay.
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