... ended up helping the Spaniards getting through places and adapt to the local environment. When the conquistadors meets the leader of each Empire, they all took advantage of their absolute-monarch form of government and took the leaders hostage. Without their leader, the Native Americans can't seem to fight back as effectively and thus became easy prey for the conquistadors. Although in every battle the Europeans are probably outnumbered 20 to 1, the Europeans have a huge advantage with their armors, horses and guns. Those exotic weapons not only help them physically but also psychologically scare the Native Americans. As a result, Native American troops are afraid to charge and win with sheer mass and instead flee and allowing the conquistadors on their horses to finish them off one by one. Perhaps the most important factor that contributed to the Spaniard's victory was their disease. Even before the conquistadors came the diseases ...

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