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This was important because it showed Cortes determination to find mexico.
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The Aztec began preperations for the main festival then Cortes sent his men to kill the Aztecs while Cortes was somewhere else bttling
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The spanish start retreating because they are getting taken over
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Moctezuma got killed by the Spanish leader Cortes.
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The S|panish try to attempt an escape but got caught by the Aztec people called the Noche Triste.
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The Aztecs start dieing from small pox because they are not immune to the disease.
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The Aztecs surrender because the spanish are out beating them.
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Cortes becomes govenor of New Spain because he takes over the Aztecs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
