What caused the downfall of the Aztecs?
Well there wasn’t only one thing that caused the downfall of the Aztecs there was many things. The main things were disease, sacrificing, the Aztecs made to many human sacrifices so there wasn’t enough Aztec warriors, the Aztecs were hated by most of the surrounding empires and the Spanish conquistadors (led by
Hernando Cortes)that was sent to conquer the land owned by the Aztecs.
What happened?
1519 March 4th The Spanish conquistadors (conquistadors are people that invade empires, they would usually attack as an army or armies this army of conquistadors was led by Hernando Cortes) came to the Aztec empire and the Aztecs sent messengers with gifts. The Spanish
conquistadors didn’t care so the shot the messengers with their cannons. The
Spanish conquistadors left to go to Cholula, its what happened is not clear but
we it is known that the Spanish conquistadors killed most of the people in that
city.
1519 Nov 8th.
Hernando Cortes arrives at Tenochtitlan (the capital of the Aztec empire)
and begins on peaceful terms, but Hernando Cortes decided to take over the city
and he does.
After about a week a rival Spanish army comes, Hernando Cortes and his army attacked the rival army and Hernando Cortes (and his army) were victorious.
Hernando Cortes went to Tenochtitlan with his remaining soldiers. Once Hernando came back, the people living in Tenochtitlan revolted (that means they fought back because they didn’t like Hernando Cortes being emperor), so Hernando Cortes and his soldiers went to Tlaxcala (one of the neighbouring cities) and made an alliance with their people.
A siege of the Aztec empire begins, on the 1519 21stof August the last Aztec emperor surrenders to Cortes and the Aztec empire was absolutely demolished.
Well there wasn’t only one thing that caused the downfall of the Aztecs there was many things. The main things were disease, sacrificing, the Aztecs made to many human sacrifices so there wasn’t enough Aztec warriors, the Aztecs were hated by most of the surrounding empires and the Spanish conquistadors (led by
Hernando Cortes)that was sent to conquer the land owned by the Aztecs.
What happened?
1519 March 4th The Spanish conquistadors (conquistadors are people that invade empires, they would usually attack as an army or armies this army of conquistadors was led by Hernando Cortes) came to the Aztec empire and the Aztecs sent messengers with gifts. The Spanish
conquistadors didn’t care so the shot the messengers with their cannons. The
Spanish conquistadors left to go to Cholula, its what happened is not clear but
we it is known that the Spanish conquistadors killed most of the people in that
city.
1519 Nov 8th.
Hernando Cortes arrives at Tenochtitlan (the capital of the Aztec empire)
and begins on peaceful terms, but Hernando Cortes decided to take over the city
and he does.
After about a week a rival Spanish army comes, Hernando Cortes and his army attacked the rival army and Hernando Cortes (and his army) were victorious.
Hernando Cortes went to Tenochtitlan with his remaining soldiers. Once Hernando came back, the people living in Tenochtitlan revolted (that means they fought back because they didn’t like Hernando Cortes being emperor), so Hernando Cortes and his soldiers went to Tlaxcala (one of the neighbouring cities) and made an alliance with their people.
A siege of the Aztec empire begins, on the 1519 21stof August the last Aztec emperor surrenders to Cortes and the Aztec empire was absolutely demolished.