Read the following quote from a letter written by herman cortes to king charles v in 1520. "i will say no more than that the manners of the people, as shown in their intercourse with one another, are marked by as great an attention to the properties of life as in spain, and good order is equally well observed; and considering that they are barbarous people, without knowing the knowledge of god, having no intercourse with civilized nations, these traits of character are worthy of admiration." from this quote, why is cortes surprised by the good nature of his people? a. they are barbaric b. the pay close attention to the properties of spain c. they have good manners and good order d. they have no knowledge of god or other civilized nations

The answer is actually "They have no knowledge of God or other civilized nations" so D. I took the test so I can confirm this is the correct answer.

there's multiple reasons why the conquistadors were so successful in colonizing central america, and some of them are:

- they were seen as gods;

at the beginning, the spanish settlers were seen by the natives as gods, and this was mainly due to their white skin, and the way they came with their boats.

- possessed superior weaponry;

the spanish had gunpowder and guns, as well as cannons, while the natives did not had any fire weapons.

- made cleaver alliances;

they used the situation of tribes hating each other, so they made alliances with some of them which served them very well.

- brought diseases;

the native people were not immune to certain diseases the europeans brought with them, so they were dying from seeming harmless things for european standards.

i have no idea oh hey