1. The Conquest of Mexico
But it is important to consider, with the push of both sides toward territorial expansion, how these groups (European and American) could remain isolated from each other. ... The Aztecs According to their first records, the Aztecs, or Mexica, originally lived to the north of the Valley of Mexico, partially under the control of the Toltec empire.[1] Driven to leave by the pressure of their Toltec oppressors, who demanded huge tributes from the farming Aztecs, the Aztecs fled from their home city of Aztlan. ... The main goals in the expansion were to Christianize the Indians (as dictated by t...
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