Spanish Rule
- The Spanish Conquistadors arrived searching for gold and the Mayans had none
- A Spanish conquistador named Montejo came and Mayan chiefs were friendly with him
- The Mayans were forced to pay debts to land owners after the country fell to the Spanish Conquistadors
- The Spanish goal was to conquer Mayan lands and use their population as salve laborers
- They sent many of the Mayans to labor mines in Mexico
- The Mayans labored on plantations that grew tobacco and sugarcane
- The Mayans attacked the Spanish and Spanish troops killed twelve thousand Mayans