What did hernán cortés do after the aztec emperor montezuma ii welcomed him to tenochtitlán? he took the emperor captive. he burned his own ships. he met with atahualpa. he encountered the pacific ocean.

The correct answer is: He took the emperor captive.

Explanation:

Hernán Cortés (1485 - 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish colonization of the Americas who conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th century.

On November 1519, Cortés and his army entered the capital of the Aztec Empire – Tenochtitlan. Emperor Montezuma II welcomed Cortés with great gifts and prepared for Cortés and other Spaniards the palace of his father, as the Aztecs considered Cortés their god Quetzalcoatl.

However, Cortés demanded more gold and made Montezuma II swore that he would give Cortés an equal amount of gold each year. Cortés also ordered that all the Aztecs sculptures had to be removed from their temples to erect the sculpture of the Virgin Mary and convert them into the Spanish temple.

Then, Cortés took Montezuma as his hostage in the palace, in order to prevent a possible Aztec rebellion.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

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