FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CORTES AND PIZARRO
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Question
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Mexico City was burned.
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Tenochtitlan was destroyed.
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Aztec artwork was collected.
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The Spanish left Mexico and did not return.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cortés’s victory at Tenochtitlán set in motion the rapid collapse of the Aztec empire. Over the next three years, the conquistadores brought the whole of Mesoamerica under Spanish rule and established the colony of New Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fall of the Aztec Empire was the key event in the formation of the Spanish Empire overseas, with New Spain, which later became Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish conquistadors, aided by an alliance of Indigenous peoples, laid siege to the Aztec capital for 93 days, until the Mexica surrendered on August 13, 1521. A great deal of Tenochtitlan was destroyed in the fighting, or was looted, burned, or destroyed after the surrender.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cortés razed Tenochtitlan, building his own capital over its ruins, and proclaimed the Aztec Empire to be New Spain. Soon after the Spanish colonization of Cuba in 1519, a small army led by Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) conquered Mexico from the Aztecs.
Detailed explanation-5: -Smallpox reduces the local population Smallpox played a crucial role in the Spanish success during the Siege of Tenochtitlan from 1519 to 1521, a fact not mentioned in some historical accounts. The disease broke out in Tenochtitlan in late October 1520.