The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica. The Republic of Mexico and its capital, Mexico City, derive their names from the word "Mexica".
The capital of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan, built on raised island in Lake Texcoco. Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish colonization of the Americas reached the mainland during the reign of Huey Tlatoani , Moctezuma II (Montezuma II). In 1521 Hernan Cortes and an allied army of American Indians that far outnumbered the defending Aztecs, conquered the Aztecs through germ warfare, siege warfare, psychological warfare, and direct combat.
According to their own history, when the Mexicas arrived in the Anahuac valley (Valley of Mexico) around Lake Texcoco, the groups living there considered them uncivilized. The Mexicas borrowed much of their culture from the ancient Toltec whom they seem to have at least partially confused with the more ancient civilization of Teotihuacan. To the Mexicas, the Toltecs were the originators of all culture; "Toltecayotl" was a synonym for culture. Mexica legends identify the Toltecs and the cult of Quetzalcoatl with the mythical city of Tollan, which they also identified with the more ancient Teotihuacan.
The center of the Aztec civilization was the Valley of Mexico, a huge, oval basin about 7,500 feet above sea level. The Aztec empire included many cities and towns, especially in the Valley of Mexico. The largest city in the empire was the capital, Tenochtitlan.
<u>The period in which the greatest economic or technological progress that occurred in the United States was between the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century</u>. <u><em>During this period, the country went from being a simple agricultural economy to the first industrial power in the land</em></u>.
<u>It was in the second half of the nineteenth century when the first manufactures were created with imports of skilled foreign labor from England.</u>
<em><u>The answer is</u></em>: <u>A. Britain supplied a market for American manufactured goods</u>.
It was mainly the French Revolution, since this then caused the British to tax the Americans rather harshly.
The Bataan Death March was a incident during the midst of World War Two. Just after the Battle of Bataan between Filipino and American forces against the Japanese. This Battle was fought in the Luzon island during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. After the Battle in April 1942 over 80,000 American and Filipino POWs (Prisoners Of War) had to walk from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac. Many lives were lost due to heat exhaustion, tiredness, execution, etc.
The Pacific Railway Act<span> was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1,</span>1862<span>. This </span>act<span> provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental </span>railroad<span>, which was completed on May 10, 1869.</span>
