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This event led to an Aztec uprising that culminated in La Noche Triste. The Aztecs drove the Spaniards out of Tenochititlan in July of 1520.
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The gold and other Aztec finery only whetted the Spaniards' appetite for new world riches. Determined to carry forward, the next moves Cortés made were as astute as they were bold.
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This above all else incited the Spaniards to use violence to destroy the Aztec religion, which in turn infuriated the fanatical clergy and destroyed all chances of a peaceful settlement that might have satisfied the invaders.
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Questions for the Aztec Group Complete your journal entry by describing the appearance of the Spaniards and make several conclusions based on their behavior.
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On November 8, 1519, Cortés met Montezuma outside the city, the two leaders politely greeted each other, and the Aztecs led the Spaniards into their city.
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The Aztecs overthrown the Spaniards in their first attend to conquer He was the last Aztec emperor who fought bravely agaisnt the Spaniards.
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Nearly everyone has heard the story of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire which took place between A.D. 1519-1521. It continues to be retold as a remarkable military achievement with Hernan Cortés' vastly outnumbered, but better armed, Spaniards defeating the Aztec hordes only under the most desperate conditions.
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A few hundred Spaniards have taken control of the mighty Aztec empire. During the next year, 1520, chaos and upheaval result from the approach of a rival Spanish expedition, launched from Cuba to deprive Cortes of his spoils.
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The Spaniards typically tore down the Aztec pyramid to make a base for construction of a Catholic church. We tested this notion by excavating in and around Yautepec's sixteenth-century church and convent but found no evidence for a temple or other Aztec structure beneath.
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NOT HISPANIC Hispanics are the Spaniards, the people of Spain. We are not Spaniards! We are Mexica! We are the people of Anahuac. We never called ourselves "Aztec." Not even the Spaniards called us Aztec. Aztec is the 19th century invention of one Englishman named Kingsborough and one American named Prescott.
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