At start of Sixteenth century, Hernan Corte coquested of wealthy and populous Aztec empire would cause further expansion and destructive of native, because his phenomenal success allured others Spanish, British, French emulator to believe more glowing sight of great riches, inflame their conquer, plunder, enslave, even remaking the culture of native.
Beginning with Corte’s critical conquest of Mexico, the gold and silver revenues encourage conquistadore expedition in central Mexico and Peru for pursuit of profit. Thirst for power and rich were requisites for pursuing a hard life as conquistadore. According to Aztec, the Spanish “swelled with greed, their bodies swelled with greed, and their hunger was ravenous. They hungered like pigs for that that gold” (Taylor, 58). To justify their smash-and-grab victories, conquistadores reasoned that riches were wasted on pagans and it is more properly bestowed upon Christian subject of the Spanish king. Indeed, sustain by Spanish rule, plunder, slaves, and violence depopulated and disrupted the Indian communities. After all, ruthless, tireless Spanish ordered to remaking the native culture, required the defiant Indian immediately to accepted Spanish law and Christian conversion. If the Indian ignored the order, they deserved the harsh punishment of a “just war”. The cruel absurdity of reading “requierimienta” alien to many Indian was an apparent Spanish attempt for power over others.
As Spanish expansion slowed beyond the region of Central American, conquistadore persistenly hope other regions of rich, civilized just beyond northern frontier of New Spain. To cover the bullion, redeem the castaways, and to protect shipping, Spanish decided to established colony along Atlantic coast of Florida. Because unable to attract colonist to Florida, the authorities tried to exploit natives more cheaply and securely thourgh the Franciscan missionaries. Conversion, however, came at a cultural cost. The priest built the major their mission beside the major Indian village, oversaw the destruction of Indian temple, smashed and burned the katsina images sacred to the Indian. Resisters suffered whipping with the lash. Eventually, the progress of missionary was especially remarkable because Fransican demanded os much from their converts. Using preaching as excuse to consolidate apparent contral, Fransican believe that they could command and exploit the native as tractable labor.
Responding to Spain overwhelm of American mainland, European rival escalated their attempts to construct their own colonies where they oculd plantation and oversea enterprises. Distance form Spanish power, the northern French colonies lacking maize, cities, and gold seemed hardly worth great effort needed to conquer it. In competed with Spanish prosperous colonization, French explorers failed to find the either precious metals ro the route to Pacific and rich Asia. With nothing but corpse to show for the meaningless expansion, French chosed developed the profitable and semiperment fur trade. And because Indian voluntarily performed the hard work of hunting and offer high quality and volume, trader would immediately profit in America without troubles, expense, and violence of conquering. As the tade dependency quickly destructed Indian, likewish French able gain their obedience by enhacing natives’ needs. Inspiring by Spanish colonization of the Central America, French mariner able to probe the unguarded North America seaboard that obtain a predictable flow of weath.
During the fifteenth century, the success conquest of Atzec Empire by Hernan Corte would stimulate the further colonize along the North America, wealth and power possessed by spain cause rival nations gradually recognize the benefit to obtain overseas wealth.
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