Conquest Of The Aztecs Flashcards
What figure was believed to take over aztec civilization?
Qualiticolta (thunder god)
What people were enslaved by aztecs?
Mayans, and tlaxcala.
Who is hernando cortez?
The spanish commander
What did hernando do?
Stole 4 ships and 600 soldiers from cuba.
what were hernandos tactics in Cozamel?
Memorizes terrain and various people.
Who was Dona Maria?
A royal aztec Marries into aztec.
What did montezuma do?
sent gifts to cortez
Cortez fears his soldiers will turn on him. What did he do?
burned boats.
Who did the aztec attack? And why?
Tlaxcala because they are the weakest.
Who is geronimo de Aguilar?
A spanish friar.
What happened to Aguilar?
He was shipwrecked and became prisoner of mayans.
Why did aguilar join maria and cortez
Because he learned mayan.
Cortez is batteling tlaxcala and gets but what happens?
700 spanish arrested cortez but failed.
`How did cortez get out of being arrestec?
he launched a night campaign and took the spanish general captive or they had to join cortez.
Who is montezuma?
Cortez’s puppet.
What happens to montezuma?
His own people overthrow him and he dies.
How did the aztecs try to stop the spanish from escaping?
burned bridges to city
How did spanish end up escpaing tenochtilan?
Made makeshift rafts.
Do aztecs get to the spanish?
Aztecs attack spanish when they were vulnerable.
Some spanish made it out of the city but what happened?
Aztec warriors were there but spanish used cavalry to take on the aztec.
What caused the city to fall?
Smallpox.
