What is the legacy of the Spanish Conquest by

2024-11-05 01:47:41 UTC

According to the article, the Legacy of the Spanish Conquest was detrimental to the Aztecs. The Spanish Conquest changed the Aztecs way of life (e.g spreading of religion). This change of religion made an expansion of Christianity causing the modern Americas to affirm to the religion of Catholic Christianity. The article talks about the center of the Aztec city right next to a metropolitan cathedral. This depicts the city being built over what the Spanish considered a place of uncivilized, savage barbarians. Their poor understanding of their culture and city is now being overshadowed by the new efforts to dig up and restore parts of the city, based of how Barrera said how the city was huge, with public institutes, a whole government system, schools and more. They considered this a whole organized city.

nandarlin1 — 2024-11-05 01:49:19 UTC

najeebmoradi — 2024-11-05 01:51:02 UTC

According to the article, what is the legacy of the Spanish Conquest?

The legacy of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico(According to the article) is a mix of positive and negative effects. It brought together Spanish and indigenous cultures, but also caused the destruction of native societies and led to a lot of suffering. Many indigenous people were exploited, and their populations were greatly reduced by diseases. Today, people still argue about how to remember the Conquest, with some seeing it as the start of modern Mexico, while others view it as a time of violence and loss.

2024-11-05 01:57:39 UTC

According to the article, the legacy of the Spanish Conquest was the bringing together of the Spanish and Indigenous cultures, but in the process it had caused suffering towards the Aztecs and destruction. These indigenous people were exploited and turned into slaves as well as having their population decreased due to the disease spread of smallpox. An example of this in the article being "the true story of the conquest that followed it still weigh heavily in Mexico half a millennium later".

2024-11-05 01:58:14 UTC

The Spanish conquest of Mexico happened about 500 years ago and is still talked about today. When the Spanish arrived, they defeated the Aztec Empire and took control. This brought many changes, like new diseases that hurt the native people, and the Spanish forced their culture and religion on them. However, it also led to a mix of Spanish and indigenous cultures, creating the rich and diverse culture we see in Mexico today. People still discuss and debate the effects of this conquest, as highlighted by NPR's coverage.

2024-11-05 01:58:53 UTC

The Legacy of the Spanish was they established the language of Spain in South America, and is still the Native language of the many in South America. They also wanted to conquer lands to the west, easy for trading. In return they spread Christianity from Europe to the Americas. This can be seen in the quote"After the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish built their city directly on top of it."

2024-11-05 02:03:12 UTC

The Spanish legacy is the destruction of Tenochtitlan and the Contruction of Mexico City. It is how they erased the past and everything is a lie. "The meeting of Moctezuma and cortes-in what today is mexico city-".

cayennegarcia579 — 2024-11-05 02:05:28 UTC

The Legacy of the Spanish Conquest is the city of Mexico itself. They conquered Tenochtitlan and made it their own, a large and vast city that still stands today to be written in history and remembered. But the story of how the Spanish truly managed to “conquer” the Aztecs have been changed or covered up, with the conquistadors being the ones who told the story of their inevitable victory over the “savage” indigenous people. The story of the Spanish conquest, commonly understood, portrayed Cortez as his men as heroes who did no wrong, and deserved all the glory and praise they got. History is messy when it’s written by the winners; the Spanish (winners) told people that they single-handedly defeated the brutal Aztecs (losers) when there was no real evidence to what really took place in the Spanish-Aztec war. The legacy of the Spanish Conquest was earned, but the question of how it came to be is still unanswered due to the pride of the Spanish.

2024-11-05 02:08:52 UTC

The legacy of the Spanish Conquest had a huge impact on the lives of the Indigenous people. Their rituals and human sacrifices made them appear primitive in the eyes of the Spanish which led to them being treated as slaves. The Spaniards also brought various diseases like small pox, malaria etc. which caused the death's of million of Aztec people. Not only the injustice of Spanish was covered, because their perspective defines that Aztecs were inferior and barbaric, but also reveals their 'bad' behavior. Moreover, Restall states:

"Misunderstanding and misrepresentation of something like Aztec civilization today can make it easier for us to misunderstand and misrepresent Indigenous peoples of Americas" This quote further emphazises the lies said by the Spanish to make them appear as divine and superior. This was the legacy of Spanish Conquest, considered rather controversial, with Mexico's president still insisting on Spain's apology and calling "reconciliation", it will continue to be present in modern day Mexico.