Rumors of EuropeanSeven Cities of GoldChristianityMexico CityFrancisco CoronadoSelect your answer in the Southwestern United States drew an African scout named Estevanico and a Spanish priest named Fray Marcos de Niza on a fruitless search. The priest repeated the story to Francisco CoronadoChristianityencomiendaEuropeanBartolome de Las CasasSelect your answer, an explorer who led a group of Spaniards in 1540 to find the cities. Two years later, they had claimed much of the ChristianityslaveryWest AfricansMexico CityFrancisco CoronadoSouthwestSelect your answer for Spain, but found no gold.

Under the encomiendaSeven Cities of GoldMexico CityChristianitySouthwestSelect your answer system, Spanish colonists forced Indians to learn Mexico CitySouthwestBartolome de Las CasasChristianityEuropeanSelect your answer and to work either on farms, in mines, or on ranches without pay. In 1514, EuropeanChristianityFrancisco CoronadoBartolome de Las CasasWest AfricansSelect your answer, a priest sent to run an encomienda, chose instead to fight for Indian rights. Due in part to his efforts, in 1542 Spain passed a law requiring the Indians be paid for their work. In 1508, the Spaniards introduced slaverySeven Cities of GoldSouthwestEuropeanChristianitySelect your answer into North America. By 1570, over 200,000 ChristianityencomiendaWest AfricansEuropeanMexico CitySelect your answer had been enslaved by the Spaniards.

In 1522, Hernando Cortes decided that the time was right to rebuild Tenochtitlan. It became Seven Cities of GoldFrancisco CoronadoencomiendaMexico CityBartolome de Las CasasSelect your answer. Like Lima, Peru, it was designed with a main square at the center, a huge cathedral dominating the square, and wide streets leading out, much like the Mexico CityBartolome de Las CasasEuropeanencomiendaslaverySelect your answer cities of the time.