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This was important because it showed Cortes determination to explore Mexico.
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The Tlaxcalans did not want to be under Spansih rule. The Tlaxcalans then attackd the Spanish. But Cortes held them off with guns and steel armour.
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After the Tlaxcalans found out about the Spanishes weapons and armory they decided to form an alliance. They decided to join forces with the Cortes to defeat the Aztecs.
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When Cortes came to Tenochtilan the aztecs thought he was one of the gods the aztecs worshipped. So they gave Cortes lots of gold and luxuries.
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Cortes blocked food from coming into where the aztecs were and by then many people were dying from the plague, contamined water and starvation. Then Cortes took Montezuma and hung him.
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6 months Cortes and the Spanards stayed in Technoctilan. During this time the aztecs started preparing for one of there annual festivals.
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The aztecs fought so feircly that the spanish retreated.
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Montezuma was stoned and he died a few days after.
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The spanish attempted to leave Technoctilan in the middle of the night and make there way to the coast. The aztecs discovered them trying to escape but to no avail the got attacked by the aztecs
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The aztecs began to die from smallpox and they thought it was best to stay with eahother but it just made it worse.
