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Conquest
of
Mexico
Hernando Cortes
Performs one of
the most amazing
feats in military
history.
The destruction
of the Aztec
empire.
April 21, 1519
the year Ce Acatl
It has begun
11 ships
550 men
16 horses
canons, guns
steel weapons
disease
Aztec Weapons
Atlatl
Wood “sword”
clubs
shield
stone axe
Dona Marina
Cortes’ translator
mistress
mother of his son.
often reviled as a
traitor to the people
of mexico.
Burn the Ships
Montezuma
Intelligent
Thoughtful
Cautious
deeply religious
in short the perfect
wrong man for the
job.
aztecs send gifts
Montezuma sends
gifts to a man he
thinks may be a
god.
Cortes’ arrival
fits prophecies
telling of a
breaded fair
skinned god
arriving from the
east.
allies gathered
Cortes gathers
indian allies by
the thousands.
Tlaxcala indians
at first fight him
but then join in
hopes of ridding
themselves of the
aztecs. Cortes
gathers indian
Tenochtitlan
Place of the Prickly Pear
Greatest city in
the world?
at least double the
population of
europe’s largest city.
clean
jaw droppingly
beautiful.
Abomination
When the spanish
learn of the aztec
religion it is an
abomination in
their eyes.
nothing short of
satanic.
Panfilio Narvez
Sent to arrest Cortes
and take command of the
expedition.
cortes left tenochitlan.
with 300 men and
marched to the coast.
There he surprised and
defeated Narvez and his
army of 1200 men.
Hearing of the riches
awaiting them they
joined cortes.
Cortes Returns
Cortes returns to
find the city in
rebellion.
The aztecs have
installed a new
warlike leader, not
like the timid
Montezuma.
The situation is
critical for the
spanish.
Death of
Montezuma
A captive in his
own palace.
Cortes has him
speak to his people
to calm them.
He is struck by a
projectile and
dies.
The spanish flee
the city into the ...
the Sad Night
The spanish fight their way out
of the city.
The aztecs attack
the spanish from
the lake in canoes
and along the
causeway.
over 600 spanish
are killed
escaping the city.
Refuge
Spanish flee to the
refuge of their indian
allies.
July 8, 1520 aztecs
attempt to destroy the
spanish at the battle
of Otumba.
The spanish stand
against thousands and
hold defeating the
aztec hordes.
Siege of
Tenochtitlan
Using boats cortes
controls the water
around the capital.
No food is allowed in.
the water supply is cut
off.
smallpox is killing the
population.
much of the city is
destroyed by cannon
fire.
August 13, 1521
The city of
tenochtitlan
surrenders to cortes
and his tens of
thousands of indian
allies.
Perhaps as many as
200,000 aztecs were
killed during the
siege.