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What is 1485
Cortes was born
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What is there was never enough gold of slave labour
Why did Cortez keep exploring and going on conquests
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What is north, to Veracruz. Claiming the land in the name of the Spanish king.
Cortez kept searching for gold, he met his mistress and Aztec translator and sailed
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What is Moctezuma. He insisted he acted in self defense and promised he would not harm Moctezuma if they did not resist and gave him gold.
Cortez lied to _____ about the battle
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What is the Spaniards and Crotes, battles began. 400 Spaniards and 2000 Aztecs died that day.
Who tried to escape the Aztecs?
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What is Medellin
Cortes birth city?
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What is Mexico
What was the mainland
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What is Tenochtitlan, the capital of Aztec
Cortes learned about ______ from the natives
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What is November 8 1519
Spainards landed in Tenochtitlan
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What is a large pile of dead bodies
What created a "bridge" for them to escape?
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What is 18, to Haiti/ Dominican Republic
What age did he first set sail and to where?
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What is Yucatán and 500 men. He promised gold and riches
Cortes sailed here in the middle of the night and took how many men?
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What is gold, and he continued to seach for the Aztec capital
Leaders of the Aztec sent him gifts of peace, such as
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What is Cortes took him prisoner and held him for ransom
The emperor of Moctezuma met all their demands but
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What is Night of the Sorrow/ La Noche Triste. Happened on July 1 1520
Name is the battle?
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What is Santiago
He was the mayor of
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What is defying the Governor. He was wanted for death. He was not granted permission to leave Cuba as his intentions were for himself and not Spain
Cortez was wanted back in Cuba for this
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What is the natives, as the natives resented the emperor of Tenochtitlan for taking over their tribes. He gained about 4000 soliders
Cortes made allies with _____ due to political unrest
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What is a large army. However, battle struck again, Cortes surprised the army in an attack and convinced many of the soliders to join him, promising them gold.
Valazquez sent _____ to arrest cortes
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What is Cortez built his army by 1521, over took surrounding towns and created a blockade to Tenochtitlan, using warships. The city was limited food, water and supplies, as well as a smallpox outbreak. Aztec defences broken.
What happened after the battle?
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What is Valazquez
His sailing partner
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What is burned 11 ships so no one could bring back gold to Cuba
Cortes could not return to Cuba so he did this
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What is Cortez struck the Aztecs by surprise, burnt down their cities and killed about 30,000 Aztecs
What happened next?
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What is they killed many of the Aztecs. The emperor trapped the Spaniards and Cortes inside the walls of the city and destroyed the bridges.
What happened when the Spaniards landed in Tenochtitlan
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What is Tenochtitlan. The emperor surred to Spain on August 13, 1521. Temples were replaced by Christian churches. Mexico City was built. Cortez was governor. He sent riches back to Spain. The government was then turned over to Meixco and Cortes went back to Spain. He was given the title Marques del Valle de Oaxaca. He continued exploring, returned to spain in 1540, retired in Seville and died on December 2, 1547 at age of 62
What was destoryed?
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