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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Cortés want to conquer the Aztecs?
A
He needed more soldiers for his army
B
He wanted Aztec land and riches
C
The Aztecs had attacked Spanish merchants
D
He wanted to bring enslaved Aztecs to Spain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Cortes wanted to conquer the Aztecs in hopes of taking their resources, gold specifically. He also wanted personal glory and to convert the Aztecs and other natives to Catholicism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Option C, he wanted Aztec land and riches, is the right answer. Hernan Cortes was a skilled leader who maintained to conquer the Aztec in the Americas, in a hope to get gold silver and to convert the natives to Christianity etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Born in Medellín, Spain, to a family of lesser nobility, Cortés chose to pursue adventure and riches in the New World.

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