Basically, all social structures before contact with Europeans were terminated.
Conquered peoples like the Aztecs were subdued and enslaved. Those peoples who allied themselves with the Spanish to help destroy the Aztecs (Tlaxcalans, Xochimilcans, Texcocans) became part of the new social structure, which included Peninsulares, criollos and Native Americans at the top of the social structure.
The arrival of the Spanish conquistadors and settlers did lead to a new social structure in Mexico because of the various cultural aspects that they brought.
There was an existing civilization (Aztecs, Mayas) who inhabited the land before arrival of Europeans in the 16th century. During the years after contact was made, most of their social structure and culture was destroyed by the invaders.
The Spanish conquistadors can be dated with Columbus. Even if history uses Cortes' as the measurement, Cartier was later.
The Spanish conquistadors can be dated with Columbus. Even if history uses Cortes' as the measurement, Cartier was later.
Spanish Conquistadors destroyed both civilizations.
The group of people that ruled an empire in Peru directly before the arrival of Spanish explorers were the Incas. The Incan empire lasted from 1438 to 1533 with the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.
The European arrival in the Zapotec region began in the early 16th century when Spanish conquistadors invaded Mexico. This marked the start of colonization and significant changes in Zapotec society.
Yes, the Mayan civilization faced invasions from neighboring groups such as the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors. The arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century eventually led to the downfall of the Maya civilization.
Internecine warfare preceded the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in 1632, and the epidemics of European diseases began to affect the defeated empire in 1632 and 1633.
Moctezuma II did not explore; he was the ruler of the Aztec Empire from 1502 to 1520. He focused on expanding and governing his empire in Mesoamerica until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519.
The Spanish did not attack the Olmec civilization, as the Olmec civilization had already declined centuries before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas. The Olmec civilization existed primarily in what is now Mexico from around 1400 BCE to 400 BCE.
They died from hunger, the hardships of slavery, and disease.
The first Spanish in North America were Conquistadors on exploration missions. They brought with them diseases that the Indians weren't immune to - like small pox and measles. These diseases killed thousands of Indians.