2007-09-24 06:04:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
On November 8, 1519, Cortez reached Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) and was graciously received by Montezuma, the Aztec emperor. Soon after Cortez established headquarters in the capital, he learned that the Aztecs had plundered Veracruz. He seized Montezuma and forced him to surrender the attackers. Then he had them executed.
2007-09-24 06:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hernando Cortez- the flag of Mexico still today bears the symbol of the eagle on the cactus, the 'sign' that told the aztec to build their grand city there..
2007-09-24 06:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by magy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Cortez, with the help of disease, which the Aztecs were not resistant to, but did not bother the Spanish.
See:
http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/y-conq.html
2007-09-24 06:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hernán Cortés
2007-09-24 06:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by xvshadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋