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Here, he studied law for 2 years before dropping out.
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Cortes begins his life by sailing to the new world, arriving in Haiti.
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Cortes, the Governer of Hispaniola, and the rest of Spain, take Cuba over.
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Cortes becomes the Governer's second in charge.
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Diego Velasquez named Cortes the captain of an expedition to Mexico. Soon after, Velasquez grew paranoid and revoked Cortes' status, ordering him to stop, though Cortes left anyways.
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Disobeying Velasquez, Cortes sets off.
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He also tried to meet Montezuma II, but Montezuma refused.
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King Charles V grants Cortes with a new rank.
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Velasquez sends a large army to kill Cortes. Instead, Cortes convinces them to join him.
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After being kidnapped, the Aztecs wouldn't accept him as their leader, and killed him. The cause of death is unknown.
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With a band of only over 1000 to 3000 men, Cortes destroys the whole of the Aztec civilization, 5 million people strong.
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Hernan Cortes worked to help the land, and convert the natives to Christianity.
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After his wife died an untimely death, and many rulers sent to New Spain to assist got very ill, Cortes was assumed to be poisoning them.
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Cortes returns to Spain in an attempt to clear his name.
Though he had full rights to be as powerful as some of Charles' most important men, with 23000 vassals, Cortes had no power. -
While he had more titles, Cortes had no power, and decided to return to Mexico. There, he explored Baja California.
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Cortes's landowners were very angry, conspiring against him. Unable to take more, he fled back to Spain.
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