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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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It was a time of invasion. The Europeans did discover lots of new land and people their goal was usually to invade it and rob the people. When the sailors set out from Europe their goal was one of the 3 G's most of the time.
If their goal was gold and they found people with lots of gold and riches they would rob those people ad take the land so they could find more latter,
If their goal was glory then they would conquer the natives so they could go home and bag about what they did.
If their goal was God then they would spread their religion and convert everyone they could, by force if necessary.

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They are spreading their religion like to the Natives and the Natives are offering them goods and food. Something very similar happened to the Spanish.

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The Aztecs knew danger was coming for the several signs they revived.
Cortes arrived in Cuba but left against the kings will for gold and glory. he killed a group of natives and stole jewels from them. he left to find Tenochtitlan.

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They would have more land and resources.
they fought and kicked out the people who used to live there.

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They are going to steal, burn, and conquer these cities and likely try to convert them to Christianity.

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Tenochtitlan was a huge and magnificent city. it had canals that people used to get around in canoes. the main temple in the city was huge, 500 people could live in the walls surrounding it.
the city is built in the middle of a lake.

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More people have the same ideals so less fighting over religion.
People have their own religion and don't want to convert.

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They got infected with a disease because there immune system wasn't used to it or resistant to it.

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Cortes met Montezuma, king of the Aztecs and he was treated well. when word got to the city of Cortes's massacre they feared him.
the Aztecs saw him as a god but Cortes feared for his life so he took Montezuma hostage and held him for ransom.

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You could be rich.
The gold was usually stolen.

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The captain killed, beat, and tortured the natives because they invaded his privacy. It is similar to the Spanish killing Montezuma.

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Cortes kills the Spanish official sent to bring him back to Spain and goes back to the Tenochtitlan to massacre the people. for 80 days the Spanish fought, looted, and pillaged. Montezuma ran away and ended up dying to his own people.
Tenochtitlan is now Mexico city.

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They would be famous and be remembered by history.

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The English have a cross up to spread their religion.
One of the natives is kneeling, showing respect similar to how the Spanish were worshiped by the Aztecs.

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Did Cortes embody the human spirit of exploration and acquisition of knowledge?
No, he did not.
The spirit of exploration and the acquisition of knowledge isn't just traveling somewhere and staying there for a little bit. It is meeting the people learning about the culture,  sharing your own culture.
If you just force your culture and beliefs onto someone it isn't sharing knowledge. Cortes didn't care about learning about the Aztecs, he just wanted their gold and land. he didn't want to explore the area they lived in, he just wanted to conquer it.

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Spices were more valuable than gold, everyone wanted them and they could make you rich.
They had to travel a long way and people could get lost.

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The English married the natives, the Spanish didn't.
The English got along with the natives, the Spanish did not.

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Let people travel to new places, meet new people, learn and spread culture.

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he established a sailing school and sponsored several expeditions.
He is trying to stop the spread of Muslims in northern Africa.

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Were the English and French any different from the Spanish when they reached the New World?
They were a little different but still very similar.
One of the largest differences is that the English did not start killing right away, they also were not worshiped as gods. A lot of the things the English did the Spanish did as well. As we say in sources 1 and 5 they are bringing Christianity and trying to spread their religion,and in source 2 they state that they will conquer everyone who isn't christian.
Both groups killed lots of people for their own benefit and enjoyment. they both conquered and forced their way into the lives of the natives.

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led the Europeans to america and helped create this country.
he took several natives as slaves.

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Were these motives and causes for exploration harmless?
Some of them are and some of then are not, but for the most part they are harmful.
The motive itself might not hurt anyone but the things they need to do to reach their goal was.
wanting more land isn't a bad thing, except when you invade an area, kill or enslave the people there and steal their land.
It is the same thing with spreading religion, it isn't a bad thing to want people the share the same beliefs as you, except when you force it on them.
waning something, having a goal or a motive isn't a bad thing unless you go to extremes like killing for it.