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the maya indians moved from guatemala to mexico bringing cacao from the rainforest with them.
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The central americans used cacao beans as money and to make a drink to trat illness.
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the aztecs who began to rule mexico demanded cacao beans as a tax
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chistopher columbus took cacao beeans to europe.
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cortez came to central america to find gold and silver he defeated the aztecs and established a cacao plantation for spain
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it was turend into a drink and the rich thevrich could only a ford it
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the first cacao beans were taken to spain