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Aztec invasion

By mcgruber70
  • Feb 1, 1519

    cortes sails to cuba

    when cortes moctezuma first meet
  • Jul 1, 1519

    tlaxcalans attack the Spainish

    tlaxcalans attack the Spainish
    in the summer of 1519, they attacked the Spainish, but cortes held them off with guns and steel armour.
  • Nov 8, 1519

    first meeting of moctezuma and cortes

    first meeting of moctezuma and cortes
    in 1519, two leaders with conflicting worldviews are about to meet. cortes was determined to conquer the emipier for his king, his god, and for riches, no matter how many lives were lost.
  • Jun 1, 1520

    the spainish ecsape

    in june 1520,the spainish tried to ecsape from tenochtitlan in the middle of the night to make their way to the coast, but the aztecs discovered croosing the cause ways and attacked.
  • Jun 16, 1520

    moctazuma dies

    moctazuma dies
  • Aug 13, 1521

    Aztec surrander

    Aztec surrander
    the last group of aztecs surrandered on august13 1521. the aztec huey tlatoani, cuauhtemoc, was taken prisoner and hanged. the great aztec empier was no more.
  • Apr 15, 1522

    cortes become captin general of new spain

    in 1522, less than three years after he arrived on its shores, cortes became govenr and captin-general of new spain.