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In this presentation we are going to see the most important points of the Spanish Conquest which are:
After War Tepanec for control of the area. Tenochtitlan became the most powerful member of the alliance, and the capital city of the Aztec Empire, and its ruler became the "high king" of the entire empire in 1430
The Aztec government was making the states they took over, pay more and more money in tributes. Cortes realizing this, joined with two rebels states (Tlaxcaltecas and Totonacas) that they didn't like these taxes
When the Spanish conquistadors, led by Cortés, arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Motecuhzoma II, the Aztecs' ruler, invited the Spanish into Tenochtitlan, and things were friendly.
Ten months after the rebellion of the Aztecs and the Spanish took refuge in Tlaxcala, Cortés returned to Tenochtitlán with a larger multiracial army. Upon arrival, they attacked Tenochtitltán, taking away food and supplies. After 91 days, with a sick and ailing population, Cuauhtémoc surrendered to the Spanish on August 13, 1521. There the Aztec Empire ended and colonization began.
Motecuhzoma II thought Hernán Cortés was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. Aztec legends said that Quetzalcoatl would return as a man, and Cortés had arrived on Quetzalcoatl's birthday.
“ O our Lord, thou hast suffered fatigue [and] weariness. Thou hast come to arrive on earth. Thou hast come to govern thy city of Mexico; thou hast come to descend upon thy mat, upon thy seat [throne], which for a moment I have watched for thee, which I have guarded for thee. ”
Bibliographic references:
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire Facts for Kids. (2020). Kiddle. https://kids.kiddle.co/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire
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