EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST

Main Idea 1: Spanish armies explored and conquered much of the Americas. Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas. Hernán Cortés led a military expedition to Mexico in 1519. Cortés heard of a wealthy land ruled by a king named Moctezuma II. Conquest of the Aztec Empire. Moctezuma II ruled the Aztec ... ................
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