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Governor diego velasquez was planning a new expedition in the hope that riches could be found.
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Cortes was rushing off the island to Yucatan.
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He arrived on the island of Cozumel, where he met Jerónimo de Aguilar and Gonzalo de Guerrero.
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After fighting with the local Mayans, Hernan Cortés received Malintzin (Marina), who was important because she translated the Mexica into Mayan, then Jeronimo de Aguilar translated it into Catellano.
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He founded Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, and he established a Spanish town there.
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He forms an alliance with the Totonaca people in Cempoala, to go against the Mexica Empire. Here, many of the most important caciques met to complain and debate about the outburst of lives that Moctezuma was making for the sacrifices
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the expedition arrived to Tlaxcala and the Tlaxcaltecas confronted Hernán Cortés, later the alliance with Tlaxcaltecas was made
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The Cholula massacre was an attack carried out by conquering soldiers on their way to Mexico-Tenochtitlan City, it was a preventive operation and had the objective of suspecting an ambush in the city of Cholula where they were received.
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Hernan Cortés arrived in Mexico-Tenochtitlan city and they were amazed.
Cortés and his men were housed in the palace of Axáyactl, which is where Moctezuma hid his treasures, soon after the Spaniards found them. -
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Cortés attacked Pánfilo de Narváez on the night of May 24, 1520 , who caused numerous casualties among his army. Narváez was wounded (lost an eye) and locked up in the fortress of Veracruz, to be later transferred to the city of Coyoacán
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Hernán Cortés leaves Pedro de Alvarado in charge, since he has to go and confront Pánfilo de Narváez.
Alvarado gives the Mexicas permission to hold their celebration in the Templo Mayor, but upon seeing the sacrifices, he gives orders to attack. -
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin dies from a stone attack while trying to pacify the Mexica people.
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Hernán Cortés tries to flee with his men, since they have stolen the treasure of the Aztecs, but the Mexicas find out and start a chase where many Spansh die drowning in the waters of Lake Texcoco.
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cuitlahuac ascends as tlatoani, after the death of moctezuma, he fought with the spanish in the sad night.
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Cuitláhuac dies from a smallpox epidemic that spread throughout Tenochtitlan, and Cuauhtémoc is proclaimed the new Tlatoani.
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Cuauhtémoc was captured on August 13, 1521, which meant that Tenochtitlán finally fell into Spanish hands. From this date, the Mexican historical period called the colony began and lasted three centuries from 1521 to 1821.
