Spanish exploration of Mexico

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When was Diego Columbus governor?
1509
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When did Diego Columbus conquer Cuba
1511
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How did Diego Valesques de Cuellar affect Diego?
He governed a group of unhappy land owners who didn’t like Diego.
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Who authorized black slavery?
Diego Valesques de Cuellar in 1513
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Who was Hernando Cortez
A hidalgo who was better liked than Velesques.
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Where did Cortez go against Velesques’ wishes?
He first went to Veracruz Mexico
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What did the natives tell Cortez in Verecruz?
That the Aztecs were the most powerful.
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Tlaxaclans
The natives Cortez battled with on his way to the Aztecs. They ended up forming an alliance.
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What happened in Cholula?
The Cholula massacre where Cortez accused the natives of treachery and killed many.
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When was the Cholula massacre?
1519
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Who was Montezuma?
The leader of the Aztecs who unexpectedly welcomed Cortez.
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Who was Panfilo Narvez?
He was sent by Valesques to capture Cortez, but failed. His surviving men joined Cortez.
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What happened to Montezuma?
Montezuma was killed while defending Cortez against the Aztec people.
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What were Montezuma’s alleged last words?
Take all my stuff :D
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La Noche Triste
The night of sorrows in 1520 when Cortez escaped but most of his men didn’t.
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What does Cortez do after La Noche Triste?
He conquers the land around Texeco lake, cutting off their access to supplies that gets shipped in.
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What was the downfall of the Aztecs?
Starvation, smallpox, and Cortez’ attacks.
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When did Cortez kill the last Aztec leader?
1521
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Francisco Pizarro
Conquered the Incas in Peru, but was a bad governor and so was murdered.
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Francisco Coronado
Spanish explorer searching for the seven cities of gold
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Hernando de Sotto
More like de sad-o. Only found poverty and the Mississippi River.