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Most of them died to European-brought diseases, such as smallpox. The remaining were enslaved, as part of the 'encomienda' system which in reality was a Spanish form of slavery. Some of them escaped to remote, less populated areas but sooner or later were conquered or outright slaughtered by Europeans.

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Nothing; Mexico wasn't formally discovered by Europeans until 1519.

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Rape, pillage and burn: they conquered Mexico and added it as a colony of the Spanish crown.

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Invaded Mexico and kept it as an overseas territory for the following 300 years.

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