Aztec Invasion

  • Feb 1, 1519

    Cortes sails to Mexico from Cuba

    Cortes sails to Mexico from Cuba
  • Jun 20, 1519

    The Spanish massacre thousands of Aztecs while preparing for their religous festival

  • Jul 1, 1519

    Tlaxcalans attack the Spanish

    They attack the Spanish as they saw them going through their lands.
  • Jul 1, 1519

    Tlaxcalans decide to form and alliance with the Spanish

    After the Spanish and the Tlaxcalans fought they made an alliance with the Spanish to help them withh there journey to the empire of the Aztec
  • Oct 1, 1519

    The Aztec empire Moctezuma dies

  • Nov 8, 1519

    Moctezuma and Cortes meet

  • Nov 15, 1519

    Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage

  • Jun 15, 1520

    Spanish try to escape but Aztecs catch them and attack

  • Sep 15, 1520

    the Aztec start to dieing from small pox

    the Aztec start to dieing from small pox
    The Aztecs started to die off from this unknow dease he Spanish had brought. since the Aztecs had no immune system to it, they couldn't find a cure for it.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    the Aztecs surrender

  • Aug 13, 1522

    Cortes becomes governer of new spain

    Cortes becomes governer of new spain
    Cortes becomes governer of new spain because the Aztecs stoned their empire. Cortes got an improval from Spain