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History and government: Latin america (Forming new nation (independence (A…
History and government: Latin america
Early history
Toltec,Aztec,and inca
toltec seized northen mexico
Aztecs moved into Central mexico
They captured tula
Toltec held a monopoly to trade obsidian
Aztec took control of trading
European conquest
the spanish carried an unknown disease
which killed the aztec
A spanish explorer named pizarro
he desired the incas gold
he captured the inca ruler and had him killed
Early native american civilization
A people called the maya
lived in mexico's Yucatan peninsula
built huge stone temples of pyramids
They were skilled
Colonial latin america
Spain built an empire
Europeans settled in a land, set up colonial governments and spread christianity
They used native americans as workers make cash crops
Europeans brought enslaved africans to work for them because the some native americans died
Forming new nation
independence
A wealthy military leader simon bolivar led the fight for independance
in spanish and portuguese latin america the fight for freedom increased the next decade
mexicans did not gain the independence until it was 1821
political and economic challanges
exporting products
united states and Latin america
moderen times