Mexico: La Tierra Del Misterio

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This disease wiped out an estimated six million Aztecs, helping to even the numbers for the Spanish. By 1521, the Aztecs had admitted defeat, and the land that would be Mexico was declared "New Spain" and under control of the Spanish empire. The Aztec people were heavily discriminated against and very heavily taxed, as well as forced to convert to Roman-Catholicism, a factor that would play a huge part in shaping the political landscape...
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The Aztec people were heavily discriminated against and very heavily taxed, as well as forced to convert to Roman-Catholicism, a factor that would play a huge part in shaping the political landscape. This bringing of Old World politics, disease, and religion to the new world had a profound impact on the culture of the Mexican people...
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