Pros And Cons Of The Aztecs

When the European conquer the New World many debates born on the Indigenous people. Most of the voyagers didn’t think of the natives as humans, they looked strange and different with their dark skin, long hair and unusual language. Even the thinkers of the colonizers weren’t sure if the Indians - whom they thought are the native people of India – could been taken as normal people. Meanwhile, the Indigenous people had some similar thoughts on their conquers. They wore fancy clothes, had huge ships and advanced armory. In some records which were left by the Aztec ad Mayan people, they view the voyagers as gods, people who were sent to save them. Of course, after a while they realized, they are being conquered and being colonized. It was hard

There were millions of Aztecs and only a few hundred Spaniards. How was it then that the Spaniards, even with their steel and guns, could overrun them? The answer lies in a number the Spanish had even more of: microbes, which no one counted on. Yes, the encounters destroyed the Indians’ homes and made them slaves, but they also brought in disease and unknown illnesses to the New World. Millions had died, and generations disappeared. 50 years after the Spanish conquest 88% of the Mexican population was destroyed and only up to 200 thousand natives survived the ordeal. Also, the second in the list of causes of death had become the commonplace brutal treatment and poor conditions during slavery, and the third was by war

When the colonists set sail for the New World, they knew that they would not only have to find a way to survive in the wild new habitat, but would also have to deal with rival nations that were claiming their own share of the new land. There had been long rivalry between France, England, and the Dutch. They had read the stories of Columbus and his voyages, and heard rumors of the wild and strange native people who were considered primitive. The Spanish had two different experiences with the Indigenous