... with rich stones, to celebrate. They preformed sacred dances and sang sacred songs, to praise the god honored by the festival. While they were celebrating Pedro de Alvarado went there with his men. Some say that they initially just wanted to see the rituals of the Mexicas. But after arriving there they wanted the gold ... come quickly and come armed. Once the captains arrived they began to attack the Spanish with their arrows and by throwing javelins. In the Spanish version of La Noche Triste they claim that they had to fight their way out of Tenochtitlan. Cortes orders his men to build ...

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... off earlier than scheduled. First he probed the Yucatan coast, and then sailed westward to put in, finally, at a location he called Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz (present day Veracruz), "rich town of the true Cross."" It was in Veracruz that Cortes first learned of the fabulous treasures that, ... to lead him onward to the Aztec stronghold. Two interpreters, an Indian woman named Marina, a shipwrecked Spaniard picked up in Yucatan, and Jeronimo de Aguilar, who was fluent in Maya, were Cortes's only intelligence. He gathered his intelligence, and Marina had come to Cortes as part of the ... ...

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... Aztecs thought he was Quetzacoatl so they showered him with riches. Later he captured Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, with the help of the Aztec's enemies. La Noche Triste, June 30-July1, 1520, was when the Aztecs avenged their lost emperor. The chased Cortes and his men out of their capital with ... The Aztec empire was no more. Cortes named his newly acquired land New Spain. In 1528, Cortes established an audencia, or royal court. Antonio de Mendoza became the first viceroy in 1538. Cortes then began to give out grants (encomienda system) that gave colonists control over Indian labor an...

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... Aztecs thought he was Quetzacoatl so they showered him with riches. Later he captured Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, with the help of the Aztec's enemies. La Noche Triste, June 30-July1, 1520, was when the Aztecs avenged their lost emperor. The chased Cortes and his men out of their capital with ... The Aztec empire was no more. Cortes named his newly acquired land New Spain. In 1528, Cortes established an audencia, or royal court. Antonio de Mendoza became the first viceroy in 1538. Cortes then began to give out grants (encomienda system) that gave colonists control over Indian labor an...

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... and ancient ways of life were gone forever. Spain became the dominant exploring and colonizing power in the 1500s. The Spanish conquistadors eventually made their way into North America. Hernando de Soto undertook a gold seeking expedition during 1539-1542. He discovered and crossed the Mississippi River. He brutally mistreated the Indians with iron collars and fierce dogs before dying of fever ... Indians, creating a distinctive culture all in its own. Relations between the early English settlers and the Indians were tense. The starving colonists took to raiding Indian food supplies. W...

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