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I will pay for the following essay How and Why were the Spanish able to Conquer the Indigenous Peoples of the New World. The essay is to be 2 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations a

I will pay for the following essay How and Why were the Spanish able to Conquer the Indigenous Peoples of the New World. The essay is to be 2 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.

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A spread of diseases and epidemic mortality of Amerindian people disappointed the Spanish as they were losing their workforce. Spanish people further moved to the American mainland looking for wealth. Juan Ponce de Leon and several other adventurers earned lands for Spain. They could also bring people to their faith. The royal council composed Requerimiento, the ideological weapon of conquest. Requerimiento was read to the ignorant Amerindians, and they were taken as prisoners. It became an excuse for slaughter and subjugation of helpless Amerindians. Amerindians encountered destruction and massive mortality through the diseases that they could not resist. Epidemics killed a good portion of the population. Amerindians witnessed a massive onslaught because of the deadly pathogens that they were not immune to. Columbian Exchange included transportation of plants, animals, food crops, germs, cattle, sheep and various other things in a different direction across the Atlantic. Several new food crops and domestic animals were brought to the Western Hemisphere. The corruption of the repartimiento-encomienda system resulted in the exploitation of Amerindians who were subjected to a disguised form of slavery. Spanish had their gold thirst satisfied in their contact with the Mexica Empire. According to the Mexica view Spanish “longed and lusted for gold. Their bodies swelled with greed, and their hunger was ravenous. They hungered like pigs for the gold”. Cortes and his people, in search of wealth, explored Mexico and further moved to the city of Tenochtitlan. Mexica cities like Tenochtitlan, captured Spanish attention as the city was densely populated and had extraordinary features like clean streets, beautiful gardens, and running water. Spanish were lavishly given gold and quetzal feathers that they delighted upon. Amerindian allies of the Spanish were an advantage for them.

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