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Jun 15, 1519
Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba
the Cortes determination to explore Mexico -
Jun 15, 1519
the Tlaxcalanns attacks the spanish
that time the Tlazcalans attacked the spanish, but the Cortes held them off with guns and steel armour. -
Jun 15, 1519
Tlaxcalans forms alliance with the spanish
The Tlaxcalans decided it was in their best interests to make an alliance with the spanish. They agreed to join forces with Cortes to defeat Aztec. -
Nov 8, 1519
moctezuma meets the Cortes
When Moctezuma finally greeted Cortes in Tenochtitlan, he addressed Cortes as if he were a god, unsure whether or not Cortes was Quetzzalcoatl. -
Nov 8, 1519
Cortes takes Mactezuma hostage
The Cortes think that the Mactezuma was weak and had let down his people and diminished their reputation. -
Jun 15, 1520
The soanish attempt to escape from Tenochtitlan but are stopped by the Aztec- later referred to as the Noche Triste
The Aztec attacked the spanish from all sides, even from canoes in the water. Many spanish was carrying stolen gold and could not move quickly because of the added weight. -
Jun 15, 1520
Moctezuma Dies
there are 2 different acocunts of Moctezuma's death.
1,) Moctezuma died from the stones hurled at him.
2.) The Cortes ordered Moctezuma killed because he was no longer of use to him -
Nov 18, 1520
The Aztec begin to die from smallpox
The Aztec began dying from smallpox that had been brought by the spanish to the new world -
Aug 13, 1521
The last group of Aztec surrender
The Aztec huey tlatoani, Cuauhtemoc,wastaken prisoner and hanged. The great Aztec Empire was no more. -
Apr 18, 1522
The Cortes becomes governor and captain - general of New spain
less than 3years after Cortes arrived on its shores. Cortes became governor and captain general new New Spain -
The spanish massacre thousands ofAztec while preparing for their religious festival
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The spanish retreats after the Aztecs gather arm