Time line - THE SPANISH COLONIZATION IN MEXICO
Columbus's Arrival
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1st January, 1492
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Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean islands. He thought he had reached the East Indies in Asia. Therefore, he called the natives "Indian". Columbus' discovery led European countries to colonize and conquest the America for several centuries. Therefore an enormous impact in the historical development of the modern Western world occurred.
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The Conquest of the Spanish
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1st January, 1519
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Hernan Cortez tried to conquer the Aztec empire with 500 men. It was the beginning of colonization through the Spanish. Hernan Cortez allied with some tributaries and rivals of the Aztecs, including the Totonacs, and the Tlaxcaltecas. They introduced diseases to the native people. Native people had no resistance to diseases such as measles, smallpox and influenza. It was one reason that Spain could conquest the Aztec Empire.
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Conquesting of Tenochtitlan and Foundation of New Spain
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28th April, 1521
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Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire. The population of the city was over 500,000 people. Spain could easily prepare an attack on Tenochtitlan because they had guns. After they bared the city, which was only achievable over three dams, they broke the catering. New Spain,the colony of Spain, was founded.
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Epidemics
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Two Epidemics spread over Mexico, Smallpox(swept through Mexico in 1520) and Typhus. Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by virus(the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in 1979). Typhus is any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria.
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Indian population reduced
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7th April, 1650
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Because of fights between the Indians and the Spaniards, Indian population was reduced.
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Royal Absolution
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1st January, 1714
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The Spanish king wanted all the people in the colonies to speak Spanish. They built schools and bishops had to control the language problem. Therefore the Native Americans were forced to learn Spanish.
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