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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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I feel that it was a time of invasion because if it was a time of discovery I feel that they wouldn't have raided the natives and killed them. I also feel that if it was a discovery they would have became friends and learned about each other and the land, and not just claiming it and pushing people of their own property. They also wouldn't have just tried to convert them to Christianity with out their permission. they could've taught them about it but they didn't have to force being Christian on them. Some were after knowledge, and fair trade, and gold, but the other groups invading overtook just the yearning for knowledge.

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In the photo it looks like the natives were sharing goods and gifts like the Spanish were asking for gifts from everyone including the king. It also looks like they are putting a cross up trying to convert the natives to Christianity like the Spanish were.

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First the Aztec people got a lot of bad omens from natural disasters that warned them that something was coming. Than Cortes and his men started a mini war with them and slayed 400 of the Aztec people.  The Aztec people eventually gave in to Cortez and gave him gifts and jewels.

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A positive of conquering land is more resources. A negative is natives may get angry and try to rebel.

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They were taking over any lands that weren't possesed by Christian people and raiding them of goods, like the Spanish were trying convert the people and king of Aztec.

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Cortez and his men found the capital city of Tenochtitlan and were amazed at the civilization they made.

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A positive is people will have the same beliefs and will relate. A negative is people not believing and not agreeing to believe so a conflict occurs.

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They all got sick with disease as they were on the native land and unlike the Spanish they started working together to find a cure and get better.

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The Aztecs led them to the heart of the city where the king showered them with many gifts such as food, jewelry, and gold. Some Aztecs thought that Cortez was a god due to his shining armor. Than Cortez attempted to take Montezuma hostage where he asked for gold and jewels in return. Than the Aztec broke out into a riot after Cortez tried to convert the king to Christianity, the Aztecs soon drove Cortez and his men out of the city.

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A positive of acquiring gold is that it may make you very wealthy. A negative is that it may run scarce and people may start fighting over it.

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John smith was capturing people and torturing them like the Spanish captured the Aztec leader and asked for gold and jewels.

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The governor of Cuba sent an arrest party to go get Cortez and his men after hearing about the things that happened in Tenochtitlan. Cortez surprised the party on shore and killed the party leader , and took the remaining soldiers back to Cuba. The Spanish army looted, stole, and killed the Aztecs meanwhile diseases like smallpox were killing people by the thousands. Montezuma abandoned the city due to his ineffectiveness. Soon enough the Aztec royalty surrendered to Cortez.

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A positive for glory is that everyone will know you and you will be recognized.  A negative is that people may get jealous of you and try to harm you.

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The French explorers were also trying to convert the natives and they were trying to get them to obey them it looked like because of the one native kneeling to them. That's also kind of like Hernan Cortez wanting to stay on a god like level with the people believing he was a god.

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Did Cortes embody the human spirit of exploration and acquisition of knowledge?
No he did not. The first sign was him defying Spanish orders. I think the plan was to go to other countries and attack their natives even though that is not his land or territory. He didn't even get orders from his government to do that so of course he wasn't looking for knowledge. He just wanted to conquer somewhere and get fame and glory. If he wanted knowledge he would've gotten to know the people and possibly traded goods with them, and peacefully left.

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A positive for spices is that you will be very wealthy. A negative will be people may get jealous and may try to steal your spices.

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The natives sister was getting married to an Englishmen and instead of them doing what their father told them to do and make her rethink the decision, they instead partied with the sister and the Englishmen.

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A positive for trade route is that things like religion and ideas will spread. A negative is that disease may also spread by trade routes because they are always travelling.

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A positive is that he found new islands for Portugal. A negative is that he tried to stop the spread of Muslim kingdoms in Africa.

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Were the English and French any different from the Spanish when they reached the New World?
No, because they were both discovering new lands and people and they both tried to convert the natives to Christianity, as seen in sources one and five. They also wanted gold and treasures from the natives like the Spanish as seen in source one. They also caught a disease, as written in source three, like the Spanish when they were on the natives land.

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A positive thing is he found a new trade route from Asia. He took the natives of the new country as slaves.

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Were these motives and causes for exploration harmless?
I feel they caused a lot of harm like the trade routes spread disease, and everyone started trying to claim land that wasn't theirs. Which caused unnecessary conflict between many other countries like with Africa and the Muslim kingdoms. And also how Christopher Columbus took the natives of the newfound country as slaves.