What Happened to the Aztecs?

Many things happened to the Aztecs, however, the Spanish were critical to the fall of the Aztecs.

What about the Spanish?

In order to understand the Spanish motives, you have to understand three things about their worldview: These were the main parts of the Spanish worldview. The Spanish were also mostly farmers, and they were very Eurocentric. This is where their three main motivations for conquering existed:

What'd the Aztecs do?

Well, the Aztecs also made a few blunders too, which didn't help:

What happened at the end?

It was October 1520. The Spanish army were, at the time, settled in Tlaxcala. He was preparing for an attack on Tenochitlán. The Aztec were at the time, dropping like flies due to smallpox. The population dropped, and the ruler at the time, Cuitláhuac, died. He was replaced by Cuauhtémoc, and many of the people who weren't falling due to smallpox were starving.

Due to this, Cortés decided to besiege the city. On 22nd of May, 1521, the siege started. Most of his armies were native allies, and each army could have up to 30000 of them. The Aztecs were forced inside the city, and after that, Cortés decided to destroy the aqueduct.

The Spanish slowly pressed in on the Aztecs, and more natives joined Cortés. The Aztecs fought galliantly until the end, but they surundered on 13th of August, 1521.

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