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European Colonisation in America- Spanish and British attempts

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Which Spanish explorer led an expedition to plunder Mexico and killed numerous native people in the process?

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Hernán Cortés

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Francisco Pizarro

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Hernando de Soto

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Christopher Columbus

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The correct option is A Hernán Cortés

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