Hernan Cortéz led the expedition, but Francisco Pizzaro was the one who captured the emperor and killed the emperor himself
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The Aztecs had gold.
they destroyed the Aztecs one by one>:)
they were black
When will medical science conquer the scourge of cancer? In what year did the Spanish allegedly conquer the Aztecs?
To steal their gold.
They were conquered in 1516
The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was due to the fact that the Aztecs at first did not realize that the Spanish were going to try to conquer them. Even when they did, the Spaniards had superior weapons and the Aztecs were unable to defeat them.
The Spanish, led by Hernándo Cortés, conquered the Aztec people in Mexico.
The Mongols never went to South America. It was the Spanish that conquered the Aztecs.
Hernando Cortez
They brought European diseases with them.
The Aztecs, Mayans, and Olmec were conquered by the Spanish.