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Feb 1, 1519
Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba
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May 8, 1519
Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage
The Aztec began preperations for the main festival then Cortes sent his men to kill the Aztecs while Cortes was somewhere else bttling -
May 15, 1519
The Spanish Retreat
The spanish start retreating because they are getting taken over -
May 20, 1519
Moctezuma Dies
Moctezuma got killed by the Spanish leader Cortes. -
May 25, 1519
Spanish try to escape
The S|panish try to attempt an escape but got caught by the Aztec people called the Noche Triste. -
May 29, 1519
Aztecs begin to die from small pox
The Aztecs start dieing from small pox because they are not immune to the disease. -
May 31, 1519
The Aztecs surrender
The Aztecs surrender because the spanish are out beating them. -
Jun 1, 1519
Cortes becomes govenor of New Spain
Cortes becomes govenor of New Spain because he takes over the Aztecs. -
Jul 1, 1519
Tlaxcalans attack the Spanish
The Tlaxcalans were enemies of the Aztec and had never been conquered by them. They also did not want to be under Spanish rule. In the summer of 1519, they attacked the Spanish, but Cortes held them off with guns and steel armor. The Tlaxcalans then decided it was in their best interests to make an alliance with the Spanish. -
Jul 14, 1519
Tlaxcalans formed alliance with the Spanish
They attacked the Spanish, but the Cortes held them off with guns and steel armor . Then the Tlaxcalans decided it was in their best interests to make an alliance with the Spanish. They agreed to join forces with cortes to defeat the Aztecs. -
Nov 8, 1519
Mocetezuma and Cortes meet
Two leaders with conflicting worldviews were about to meet. Cortes was determined to conquer the empire for his king,his God, and riches, no matter how many lives were lost. Cortes sent messages to Moctezumna that he was comijng in peice.
