How Did The Spanish Lose The Aztec

The Spanish, led by Hernán Cortés landed on the Mexican peninsula in search of gold in 1519. Within three years, the Spanish had conquered the Aztec Empire. Accounts of what happened during the first Spanish attack differ greatly based on whose account the event is read.

According to the primary source by the Aztecs, the Aztecs were brutally slaughtered by the Spanish. When the Spanish first arrived the Aztecs called them lords because they believed that their leader was Quetzalcoatl, the bird god. As a result, the Aztecs did anything to please them, so they fed the Spanish and their horses. According to the Aztec account, while they greeted them, the Spanish murdered them. To add on, the Aztec source even claims that slaughter in the Sacred
He along with other Spaniards kidnapped the chief and tied them up, leaving them imprisoned in a room. He also said that he “had the harquebus fired” which means he told his men to fire their guns at the Aztecs, who tried to rescue Montezuma II. After the hard battle lasting two hours, more than three thousand Aztecs were killed. The Aztecs according to Herán Cortés’s letter to Emperor Carlos V., were very prepared and were placed all over the streets ready for battle before he left his area. Hernán also mentioned that his army took the Aztecs by surprise and that they spread out and ran away quickly because he had already captured the Aztec leaders. Hernán then told his troops to set fire to some of the towers and houses who were attacking them. After that, the Spanish left their well-defended quarters and kept fighting the Aztecs for another five hours. Finally, after the clash with the Aztecs, all of their people scurried away from the city because of the Spanish who was assisted by five-thousand four-hundred “Indians” who were actually Native Americans from Tascalteca and