Aztec invation.

Cortes sailed for mexico from cuba.

Feb 1, 1519

In the 8 months it took to him to travel from the east to the cost of tenochtitlan, cortes gathered allies by means or trickery and force.

Tlaxcalans attack the spanish

Jul 1, 1519

Summer of 1519 Tlaxcalans attack the spanish.

Tlaxacalans form allaince with spainsh

Jul 1, 1519

Tlaxacalans Found in interest it would be easier to become allined with the spanish then be enemeys with them.

Moctezuma and cortes meet.

Nov 8, 1519

Moctezuma greeted Cortes thinking that he was a god. But Cortes was determined tp conquer the empire for his king, his god, and for riches.

Cortes take Moctezuma hostage.

Nov 15, 1519

Cortes new that one word from moctezuma, and he could be dead any time. So Cortes waited for the opportunity. About one week after Cortes arrived him took Moctezuma under hostage in the palace that was given for cortes to stay in.

The spanish massacure thousands of aztecs while preparing for their religous festival

May 15, 1520

moctezuma died.

May 15, 1520

moctezuma was hit by so many rocks that they punchured him enough to kill him. The aztecs say that the spanish killed him. But the spanish said the turth that his people has killed him with rocks.

Spanish retreat after aztecs gathered arms.

Jun 1, 1520

The Aztecs had been gettin ready for the festival of huitzilopochtli. When Priest and nobles where killed. The aztecs where outraged. They gathered their arms and fought so ferociously that the spanish had to retreat to cortes palace. Any chase of peace becoming through spanish and aztecs was whisped away.

The spanish attemted to escape from tenochtitlan but are stopped by aztecs. Latter reffered to as noche triste

Jun 1, 1520

When moctezuma tried to talk to his peopel to stop this they started throwing rocks at him.

aztecs begin to die from small pox.

Nov 1, 1520

The aztecs where mostly killed or died off by small pox from June 1- November 1520. They where not ammune to it like the Europeans where.

the spanish form a second attack on the now weakend aztecs

Aug 1, 1521

Cortes, Returned to tenochtitlan with his allies, the tlaxcalans, As wekk as the warriors of texcoco who has once been members of the triple allaince. The aztecs had no allies to help fight Defending them selfs will be very hard because of the small pox kill most of them off.

the last group of aztecs surender

Aug 13, 1521

The last group of aztecs had desiced to surender to the spanish there emporer was hung soon there after.

cortes becomes governor and captian- gernal of New spain

Nov 8, 1522

the spanish ripe down all the paramids and temples. 1522 Cortes Less then three years of arraving on shore, Cortes became, governor and captain- general of the new spain.