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One of the things that struck me as odd was the way how many of the conquistadors yield the fruits of their achievements to the Spanish crown without declaring making their own states.The Crusaders by comparison,often ignore whatever liege they had previously and found de facto independent states.Certainly there were some rebellions by the conquistadors against the Spanish crown,but a lot of them seems to have accepted the authority of the Spanish crown without questions,despite the fact that the involvement of the Spanish crown(at least initially) was marginal at best and quite often non-existent altogether .Supposed the conquistadors refuse the authority of the Spanish crown altogether and declared their leader their own King,how sustainable would these conquistador states be?Some of the problem I see include the conquistadors possibly cut off from supplies and more settlers by Spain.
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