Spanish Conquest of America - Nikita

By MrSidey
  • Aztecs settle near Lake Texcoco
    Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs settle near Lake Texcoco

  • City of Tenochtitlan is founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco
    Jan 1, 1325

    City of Tenochtitlan is founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco

    Tenochtitlan was a significant city because of its cleanliness and today is called Mexico City
  • Montezuma I Begins his Rules
    Jan 1, 1440

    Montezuma I Begins his Rules

    Montezuma was born into the nobility, and rose to the empire's highest position not by means of a hereditary claim, but after winning an election from the nobles
  • Spanish bring small pox to the "New World" with them, causing an out break of the disease.
    Jan 1, 1502

    Spanish bring small pox to the "New World" with them, causing an out break of the disease.

  • Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan

    Conuistadors: A Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century.