He justifies the colonization and ˜civilization' of the Indians based on an extension of the Artistolean doctrine that some men were slaves by nature to include all the natives of the new world. ... They ˜mourned the death of their kings, their government in peace and war and the laws they ordained so greatly to the advantage of their vassals.' ... They even enforced the study and use of Spanish as the lingua franca of all their captives. ... They men sacrifices practiced sodomy, women sacrifices had bestiality with pumas and whatever else they pleased to do before thei...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
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In present day Mexico, when Cortés and his men arrived, the Aztec leader, Moctezuma II failed to use military forces because he identified the Spaniards arrival as the returning of gods. ... This ransom alone far exceeded all of the riches collected from the Aztecs. ... Afterwards Cortés orders a fleet to cut off the island capital of all supplies of food and water. ... They gain all of the riches of the Aztecs, although it was not enough to surpass the amount the lost in Noche Triste. ... From there, Each country was governed by viceroy, kings representatives in the Americas, wh...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate