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Ryan Allison
Aimee Dávila Hisey
HST/REL 350
January 13, 2023

Film response 1

throughout this week we learned about the early colonization of the Spanish in the new world, In the film Conquerors with Dale Dye: Cortez we saw how The Spanish would gain control of Latin America and how most notably Cortez through this conquest would become known as one the most successful of the conquistadors we also learned how they able to conquer the primitive, powerful, indigenous peoples noticed the Aztecs and Mayans through the use of European warfare. Cortez and his men the Mexican countryside and eventually reaching the pinnacle peak of their journey, Mexico City find but not without an intense battle, that saw the death of many on …show more content…

The film certainly does perpetuate this by documenting the highlights of Cortez and his men’s journey I think there’s also some harsh reality in Dyes program as well with the show showing the fears of the soldiers during the battle and the dark side of conquests such as the brutal deaths from the Spanish and indigenous peoples, also the taking of the slaves by the …show more content…

So I do not think that the film directly perpetuates the myth of the "White Conquistador" in fact the program illustrates the fact that Cortez utilized local indigenous tribes who outnumbered the Spanish tremendously, and opposed Moctezuma.Restall dives deeper into the subject with him stating they were vital to Cortez’s victory and how Cortez used the local tribes rivalry with each other to fuel the natives to rise up against and be willing to fight the ruling Moctezuma’s

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