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=Hernan Cortes=

[[image:cortez.jpg width="198" height="237" align="left"]]Here are a few details about my life
I was Spanish and was born in the Spanish city of Medellín in 1485. When i was a young man, i studied law, but i soon gave that up to seek my fortune in the New World that was just being discovered by Columbus and others. At that time, at that time Mexico was ruled by the Aztec Empire and its leader, Montezuma II. i arrived in Mexico in March 1519 with a group of about 600 men and a few horses. I soon learned of the Aztecs and began to make I way inland to the Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlán. Along the way, I made good friends with a native group called the Tlaxcalans, who were enemies of the Aztecs. The Tlaxcalans helped me against the Aztecs. And I never lost the Tlaxcalans trust or friendship. In 1524, I led a group into Honduras and stayed in that area for 2 years. By 1528, the Spanish government was worried that i was getting out of control in the Americas, and so I had to give up his governor's job and was sent back to Spain. I spoke to the king, who was persuaded to send Cortés back to Mexico in 1530, but with less power and freedom than before. He then went back to spain for some years and after that I died in 1547 the Tlaxcalans then toke me back to the new world where I was burried

Contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways
I went to America and found a lot of gold then I token it back to Spain to the king. This is very important because then Spanish artist and inventors could go over the limit and discover new things. So I token the Renaissance back to Spain if it wasn’t for me Spain wouldn’t be the same as today.

I think these contributions were particularly important because
in all of Mexico not a single statue or monument commemorates my deeds. No town or village, not even a street, bears my name. I made history and helped the Tlaxcalans This is important because I made history in the new world.