Why did cortés want to conquer the aztecs? a. the aztecs had attacked spanish merchants. b. he needed more soldiers for his army. c. he wanted aztec land and riches. d. he wanted to bring enslaved aztecs to spain.

Hernan Cortes attacked Mexico in 1519 and won the Aztec Empire. Cortes was the Spanish conqueror, most remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521, advocating the thesis that Mexico is for Spain. He also contributed to the colonization of Cuba and became governor of New Spain. The conquest of the Aztec by Cortes was significant for the settling of Spanish emigrants. On the arrival of Cortes, a great battle broke out between Spain and the Aztec, led by Montezuma. The reason for the arrival of Cortes and the conquest of the Aztec, because he wanted gold, silver, as well as the Christianization of the local population, seeking glory, as well as personal greed.

Righ answer is C. He wanted Aztec land anf riches.

Why did Cortés want to conquer the Aztecs?

The answer is C. He wanted Aztec land and riches.

It was well known from the previous man that arrived at the new lands as Colombus and Magallanes had referred in the descriptions of his voyages, lands full of exotic good to interchange in the European market. The vast regions of America had precious metals to offer to the Spanish kings, as there was also silver and gold in abundance. This even led to some creation of myths as "El Dorado" where descriptions of a mythical tribal chief native people in the Spanish colonial province of Colombia, who was covered himself with gold dust and submerged in the waters of Lake Guatavita.

The slavery kept to continue coming from Africa into the American continent and it was more widespread in regions such as Brasil with the Portuguese.

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cultural history is your answer