USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, conqueror Hernán Cortés named the territory New Spain, and established the new capital, Mexico City, on the site of the Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Spain (1535–1821) ran from present-day Washington State southeast through Louisiana, then down through Latin America. From palaces in Mexico City, the viceroys also governed the Caribbean and the Philippines.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish Conquistadors were some of the first men to travel to the new world. They got their name from being both conquerors and explorers. They were mostly in search of gold and treasure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Conquistadors. Soon after Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Spanish began to hear stories of civilizations with immense riches. Hoping to claim this wealth and territory for Spain and themselves, conquistadors, or “conquerors, ” sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.