HISTORY
THE AMERICAS PREHISTORYAD 1570
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leaders of Spanish expeditions in regions around what is now mexico
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leaders of Portuguese expeditions
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what Aztec warriors were called
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early migrants to the Americas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hernán Cortés, led an expedition (entrada) to Mexico, which included Pedro de Alvarado and Bernardino Vázquez de Tapia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hernándo Cortés, Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico, with Moctezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1519. Hernándo Cortés formed part of Spain’s initial colonization efforts in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following an earlier expedition to Yucatán led by Juan de Grijalva in 1518, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés led an expedition (entrada) to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pedro de Valdivia explored Chile, founding the city of Santiago in 1541. The conquistadores, given more to fighting and the search for gold than to governance, were quickly replaced by administrators and settlers from Spain.
Detailed explanation-5: -June 30, 1520: Faced with an Aztec revolt against their rule, forces under the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan at heavy cost.