Hernán Cortez and Montezuma were two powerful leaders from the time of conquest in the Americas starting around the 1400s. Hernán Cortez was a landowner in Cuba. He came to the coast of Mexico planning to conquer the Aztecs. As he traveled to the capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, he conquered people who were in his way. His army grew as he captured people such as the Native Americans. Montezuma was the leader of the Aztecs and had conquered several city states in order to grow his empire. Under his leadership, the aztecs built the powerful city of Tenochtitlan. These two leaders were alike in the ways that they conquered villages and people but are different when it comes to personal life.
Reading about these two leaders gave me the impression that they would do anything to get what they want. To me, it seemed like they did not care if their actions were right or wrong, as long as they were the ones coming out on top. Not only were Cortes and Montezuma alike because they were both leaders, they were also similar in the way that they led their people. Hernan Cortes captured anyone who was in his way when he was trying to get to Tenochtitlan. For example, he captured and befriended some Native Americans. Montezuma …show more content…
Hernan Cortez was Spanish which explains why he was a Christian. Montezuma was not a Christian. Along with his people, Montezuma worshiped several different gods such as the sun god. They also did strange things like making human sacrifices to these gods. One time, Montezuma and his men were performing a human sacrifice and Cortez and his men walked up on it. I feel like Cortez and his men probably got scared so they started fighting and killing the people performing the sacrifice. This just shows how the Spanish did not agree with the Aztec’s religion. It says in the textbook that wherever the Spanish went, they were trying to convert the people around them to