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| In 1519, Hernan Cortes sailed to the coast of Mexico in search of treasure. The Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomed Cortes but they battled anyway. | |
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| Two years later the Aztecs surrendered and Cortez conquered the Aztecs. | |
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| Then 10 years later Fransico Pizarro set sail to the Incas. | |
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| Pizarro captured and killed the Incan emperor and other leaders.Four years later he had conquered most of the Incan empir,including the capital, Cuzco. | |
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| The Spanish organized its empire by dividing its territory into province and set up a strong goverment. Mestizos, who are people of mixed Spanish and Native American descent, lived on the outskirts of | |
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| the city Lima. The Spanish forced them to worked on haciendas. A hacienda is a plantation owned by the Spanish settlers or the Catholic Church in Spanish America. | |
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