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Feb 18, 1519
cortes sailes from cuba to mexico
cortes was dtermined to sail and find more gold and land for his king and queen and his god. -
Jul 1, 1519
tlaxcalans attack the spanish
cortes held them off with guns and steel armour -
Aug 1, 1519
tlaxcalan atliance with spanish
they allianced wth them because of there dangerous weabons such as a gun -
Nov 8, 1519
corteas and moctezuma meet
when they met him greeted like a god unshure if he was quetzalcoatl -
Nov 15, 1519
cortes takes moctezuma a hostage
he was afraid that moctezumawould kill him -
May 1, 1520
the spanish massacre
the spanish massacred aztecs peole when there were preparing a festival for there god huitzipocoghtli -
May 2, 1520
the spanish retreat
they gathered there arms and attacked back furiously and then the spanish had to retreat -
Jun 29, 1520
moctezuma's death
he was stoned to death by his people and cuitlahuac has became the new huey tlatoani -
Jun 30, 1520
the spanish tied to escape but stoped later known as noche triste (sorrowfull night)
they were attacked in the middle of the night but tlaxcalans, they came for allsides about 700 spanish died and 2000-3000 died. -
Dec 1, 1520
the aztec encounter the smallbox
historians believed the small box killed half of the citys population. and the new emperor died 80 days into his Reign and is replaced by his his cousin cuauhtemoc (the image is Mictlantecuhtli the aztecs god of death) -
May 30, 1521
the spansih returned to attack the now weakened aztec
the aztec had no alies in this battle and almost half of the population were dead cause of the smallbox. -
Aug 13, 1521
the aztec surrender
the withstood the siege for 75 days, and the empire was crumbling, and cortes blocked the canals, aqueducts and also prevented from food or water getting in, many citzens died cause of starvation. and then there emperor cuauhtemoc was taken prisoner and was hanged. -
Jan 1, 1522
cortes reward
he became governor and captain-general of new spain
