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Cortes grew up poor, so he wanted to become rich and famous. He wanted money, gold, metals, jewels, but he mostly wanted royalty. Cortes felt greedy, and was very power hungry for riches.

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Cortes defeated the Aztecs, including the Aztec King, Montezuma. He built churches, universities, and new villages. He called it New Spain. Cortes had Roman priests come to change Native peoples religion to Christianity.Cortes also affected the Aztecs with smallpox.

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How Cortes defeated the Aztecs 1520-1521

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How Cortes defeated the Aztecs 1520-1521

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Cortes conquered the Aztecs by using weapons such as, cannons, swords, crossbows, guns, and horses. He defeated many of them with smallpox and he also had extra supplies in case he ran out. Cortes also had Allies to back him up and he used translatrs to translate the languages.

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Pizarro used guns, germs, horses that were deadly weapons, and steel swords that were strong, flexible, and long. He also had Cortes's book on how to conquer. Also the Incas didn't bring weapons to the first battle.

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When Pizarro defeated the Incas, the population declined quickly by 93%. In the end, lots of Incas died of disease that the Spanish brought unknowingly. Pizarro got all of the Incas valuables and the Spanish enslaved the Incas. Pizarro also changed the religion to Christianity. Along with that, the Spanish destroyed farming systems and made some of the Incas work for money for the Spanish.

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1480 Columbus made his first big voyages.He sailed between Portugal and Iceland.

1493 Columbus returned to the Americas looking for treasure'but again he came home empty-handed.

1498 Spain paid for Columbus to go back to America for a third time. When he came, he found his brothers' colony was a mess'and he was arrested for their crimes.

1508 Columbus was found not guilty for the crimes he was accused of. The king of Spain agreed to pay for one last voyage to America'but again Columbus didn't find a way to Asia or any treasure.

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Christopher Columbus discovered the new world when he was on his voyage to the Indies. He also brought back exotic plants and animals, cattle, gold, birds, sheep, fruits, and vegetables. He also captured many natives

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Hudson achieved many things. He found new water ways (Hudson River),and he made land fall in what is now Nova Scotia.

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1607 1.Henry Hudson was sent off by the Muscovy Company to find a faster trade route from Europe to Asia. His first voyage was unsuccessful.

1608 2. Henry was sent off for a second time to find a route sailing north, over Russia. His trip had to come to an end because he ran into thick ice and had to sail home.

1609 3.On his third voyage Henry was working for the East India Company. When he couldn't get through the ice for a third time he decided to sail west.

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Henry Hudson made history when he discovered the Hudson River. As a result of his discovery, he found land which is now is called New York City. Also, he discovered a bay which he called Hudson Bay.