The Spanish Conquer the Aztecs
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- Velazquez order Cortes to fight the Aztecs for the land of Mexico
- Cortez set sail with 580 soldiers and 1oo sailors on board with 11 ships.
- Cortez and his men soon arrived near Tabasco where chiefs rushed to give him presents.
- Upon arrival, he declared that he was no longer under Valesquez's orders
- He was met by this woman called Dona Marina who translated and understood Cortez's local language.
- Cortes agreed to meet the ruler of Tenochtitlan, Montezuma.
- The Spaniards were then led back to their rightful quarters.
- Cortez spoke through Dona Maria suitably. He then placed a crystal necklace around Montezuma.
- A week later, Cortez captured Montezuma as he heard rumors that the Aztecs were planning to fight them.
- The Aztecs chief did nothing to help Montezuma because they can only work on his wishes. Montezuma thought that Cortez was connnected to a way of return for Quetzalcoatl as priests believed he would return some way.
- Montezuma gave up all the gold and other precious treasures of the kingdom as he was afraid of the strangers' guns.
- when the men tried escaping the island, the Aztecs burnt their ships and blocked the river root they came from.
- three tense weeks had past and Cortes returned with 1300 Spaniard, 4000 Tlaxcalan warriors and 96 horses.
- Alvarado, the man Cortez left in charge of the city, then took Montezuma, holding a knife to his breast, ordering for him to tell his men to put down their arms, which they all obeyed.
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