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conquistadors
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soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
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Hernán Cortés
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Spanish conquistador, he conquered Mexico and brought about the fall of the Aztec Empire
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Moctezuma II
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Emperor of Mexico's Aztec Empire, he welcomed explorer Cortés as a god but was taken prisoner by him. He was later killed and the Aztec capital was destroyed during the following Aztec uprising
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish conquistador who sailed with Balboa on the discovery of the Pacific Ocean, he later pursued rumors of golden cities in the Andes Mountain of South America and conquered the Inca Empire
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encomienda system
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gave settlers the right tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native Americans people and convert them to Christianity.
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plantations
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large farms that grew just one kind of crop
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