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Gold-  Hernando wanted more land for Spain so he claimed Mexico.
God- He wanted to spread his religion the religion of Christianity to many more people around the world
Glory- He wanted the crown of Spain. He also wanted to go down in the history books.

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Once Hernando arrived in Mexico he defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. He treated the rest of the people in Mexico like he owned them. Smallpox spread all around Mexico because Spain had it but they can fight it off because they lived around it but smallpox was a new thing in Mexico. They all looked at Hernando as a sinister character.

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Hernando Cortes was a conquistador from Spain. Who claimed Mexico for Spain by defeating the Aztec empire and by claiming Mexico for Spain he got the crown of Spain.

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Hernando Cortes makes cultural blending happen by merging Mexico's culture with Spain's culture. For example he made Spanish Mexico's main language. And he made Christianity Mexico's main religion.

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This picture is a primary source because it was drawn of Hernando Cortes while he was there posing for it so it was taken at the time of Hernando. Therefore it is a primary source.

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https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/letters-from-hernan-cortes/cortes-describes-the-country This is a link to letters that Hernando sent back to Spain while he was in Mexico explaing everything that is happening. This is a primary source because these letters came directly from Hernando himself for that time period so therefore it is a primary source.

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Motivations for exploration has been the same for centuries it is always for god, glory, gold, or all three.

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Without Hernando Mexico would not be a part of Spain, Christianity would not be the main religion, and Spanish would not be the main language.

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Without exploration and expansion we would not have found as much land as we have. A lot of places in the world would not be together for example Mexico and Spain. Half the world we discovered and claimed we would not know existed without exploration and expansion.

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Making christianity the main religion of mexico and spanish the main language was a positive impact but the smallpox was negative.

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People want to expand because they want to develop more. and see the world. They want to get a better life. They want to make more money. There are so many different reasons people want to expand.

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“Letters from Hernan Cortes.” Letters from Hernán Cortés | AHA, 2018, www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/letters-from-hernan-cortes.

“History - Hernando Cortés.” BBC, BBC, 2015, www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml.

“Hernan Cortes .” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2018, www.history.com/topics/exploration/hernan-cortes.