Conquest of New Spain (-Bernal Diaz)

The intentions of the Spanish were to both acquire wealth in the form of gold, as well as convert the Aztec people to the Christian faith during their conquest of Mexico. However, the Spaniards became engulfed in their own greed, and in the end gold became their main obsession. Being the highly religious people that the Spaniards were, converting the Indians into Christians in order to ‘save their souls’ was important to them, thinking the …

…soldiers who were too poor to return home decided instead to settle in the area and make a living from the land and agriculture. So, as the story is ended only on the note of how much wealth, or the lack thereof, each conquistador came away with, it is hard to understand anyone who argues that the conversion of the Indians to Christianity was more important to the Spaniards than was the acquisition of gold.