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Montezuma founds the Aztec empire as a whole -
Actual year of creation is unknown -
Diego Velazquez appoints hernan Cortes to lead an expedition. Hernan Cortes outsmarts Velazquez and bring weapons and horses instead of trading goods and settlement needs -
Cortes’ groups discovers the town of potonchan. Hostilities break out, Spanish conquistadors defeat native people shortly. Lord of pinto Han give 20 slave girls to Cortes. Malinche spoke a language one conquistador spoke. Malinche helped translate, and helped conquistadors understand complex politics of the valley of Mexico, and gave him a son. -
Conquistadors had to pass through Tlaxcalan lands. Conquistadors fought Tlaxcalans for three weeks. Alliance was made between the te9, and they would fight together for years after -
Spanish head to cholula. Conquistadors spend several days there. Conquistadors hear plan of ambush upon departure. Cortes rounds up nobility in city square. Berates the people for information through malinche. When he was done speaking, he turned his men loose on the citizens. Thousands of unarmed cholulans were slaughtered by conquistadors and tlaxcalan allies -
The conquistadors enter tenochtitlan. Cortes then arrested montezuma, placing him under guard and restricting his movements and meetings. Montezuma agrees without much complaint. He dies under guard on June 29, 1520 -
Cortes returned to tenochtitlan on June 23, and decided the situation was untenable. Montezuma was sent out to ask for peace, but was killed by his own people. Cortes and his men decided to try to sneak out, but were caught. Cortes lost half his me, some who were captured alive and sacrificed. -
The new leader, cuitlahuac, tired finishin*of the weekend Spaniards. The armies met around July 7th. The Spanish were losing the battle at first. Cortes rallied his best horsemen and charged at the enemy commander. The enemy general was killed and his army fell into disarray, allowing the Spanish to escape. -
Spaniards rested in Tlaxcala after otumba. Spaniards made plans for final assault. Reinforcements arrived from the Spanish Caribbean, and smallpox out broke in mesoamerica, killing countless natives. In early 1521, Cortes lay siege to causeways and attacked lake texcoco with a fleet of thirteen Brigsntines. -
Emporer Cuauhtémoc is captured, signifying the end of the Aztec resistance