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aztec invasion

By nickboss
  • Feb 1, 1519

    Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba

    Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba
    This was important because it showed Cortes' determination to explore Mexico
  • Period: Feb 1, 1519 to Jan 13, 1522

    aztec invasion

  • Apr 8, 1519

    Tlaxcalans attack the Spanish

    The Tlaxcalans attacked the Spanish so that they did not have to be ruled by the spanish.
  • Apr 12, 1519

    Tlaxcalans form alliance with the Spanish

    The Tlaxcalans made alliance with the spanish because they saw the heavy weaponry and armour they had.
  • Nov 8, 1519

    Moctezuma and Cortes meet

    Cortes lied to the capital and said they came in peace and the aztecs thought that he was a god and the aztec leader treated him like a god.
  • Nov 15, 1519

    Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage

    Cortes waited to capture the king and one week after he spanish arrested the king.
  • May 1, 1520

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

    when the aztec started there worship the spanish kill thousands of
    aztecs because they were not worshiping the cross.
  • Jun 5, 1520

    The Spanish retreat after the Aztecs gather arms

    The aztec are angry at the killing of there people so they regrouped and ran the spanish out of tinoctilan.
  • Jun 16, 1520

    The Spanish attempt to escape from Tenochtitlan but are stopped by the Aztecs

    the aztec stop the spanish from escaping and hunt them down like animals.
  • Jul 16, 1520

    Moctezuma dies

    when the spanish were being killed by aztec they asked the king
    to calm them down and he was stoned to death by his people.
  • Jul 30, 1520

    The Aztecs begin to die from smallpox

    The Aztecs begin to die from smallpox
    this disease killed almost the whole aztec empire.
  • Aug 15, 1520

    The last group of Aztecs surrender

    the last group of aztec surrender to cortes and were killed and hanged.
  • Sep 13, 1520

    The Spanish form a second attack on the now weakened Aztecs

    now seeing the spanish weak they stoped trade and fresh water from getting to the city and they destroyed the city and its people from disease,food shrtages and bad water supply.
  • Jan 1, 1522

    Cortes becomes governor and captain-general of New Spain

    Less than 3 years after courtes destroyed the aztec empire and became the leader of new spain.