<span>The colonists unified over the Intolerable Acts of 1774, as they were seen as oppressive. They ultimately agreed that independence was best. The First and Second Continental Congresses were the next logical step, and that resulted in the Continental Association.</span>
<span>Hernán </span>Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.<span> ... Born around 1485, Hernán </span>Cortés<span> was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain.</span>
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any .... The reaction in Latin America to the Monroe Doctrine was generally favorable but in some occasions suspicious.