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Cortes leaves Cuba in search of riches from islands in the west. With two ships, 300 men, and a brigantine.
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In November of 1519 Montezuma is arrested.
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In June 1520 war finally breaks out between the Aztecs and Cortes during the Massacre of Tenochtitlan. Disease breaks out and the Aztecs have no chance with Spanish’s horses and fancy swords. The city is surrounded and many Aztecs are starved.
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And finally, in one last stand off between the two, the Spanish come out on top and the war is over. Cortes defeats the Aztecs on August 13, 1521…
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Hidalgo’s army rampaged the city, breaking everything down or stealing. Some Spaniards and creoles were still wandering about the town and they were killed too. As many as 3,400 were killed on the Spanish side. The Mexican army marched out on October 8, 1810. A lot changed in Mexico after this battle.
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The aftermath: As the army scattered, the survivors headed toward the United States area where they could regroup and hopefully find more soldiers to fight for their cause. Along the way, however Hidalgo, Allende, and the others were betrayed and captured between June and July of 1811.
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Eleven years after the start of the Mexican War of Independence, on August 24, 1821, the Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donoju signs the Treaty of Cordoba which approves to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy. The Mexican American War will occur from 1846 through 1848 and start with a border skirmish and ending in a final U.S victory. When the war ended Mexico had lost about one third of their territory including parts of present day Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
