Spanish Confrontation in Mexico

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This paper examines Hernand Cortes' confrontation in what is now called Mexico. It discusses the historical background to the confrontation and Cortes' aims and goals in the area. It looks specifically at the religious, political and economic goals related to the expedition to Mexico. The paper then looks at how the approach taken by the Spanish tried to be different than the one envisaged by the Portuguese in their expeditionary attempts.

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"There are different things the Spanish tried to achieve by conquering what is now Mexico. There were religious aims, political ones, and also economic goals related to the expedition to Mexico. However, the approach taken by the Spanish tried to be different than the one envisaged by the Portuguese in their expeditionary attempts. Unlike the Portuguese, Spain's main goal was to establish an entity based precisely on their own beliefs and customs thus create a new society. The Portuguese on the other hand, limited their action to the mere exploitation of the territories they discovered."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alves, Abel A. Brutality and Benevolence: Human Ethnology, Culture, and the Birth of Mexico. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
• Berstein, Serge, and Milza. Pierre. Histoire de l'Europe. Paris: Hatier, 1994
• Mexico E-magazine. Mexico's History: the Spanish Conquest. 2008. http://www.mexperience.com/history/conquest.htm
• Phelan, John Leddy. "Authority and Flexibility in the Spanish Imperial Bureaucracy". Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1, Special Issue on Comparative Public Administration. (Jun., 1960), pp. 47-65.
• Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. 1891.

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