The leader of the Aztec Empire during Cortes' conquest of Tenochtitlan was Cuauhtemoc. Cuauhtemoc was captured and later tortured for the location of gold. Finally he was later executed when Cortes believed he was conspiring to kill Cortes.
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Montezuma the sekond
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The Spaniards and the leader Hernando cortez
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Hornan Cortes was a very cruel explorer who also conquered the Aztecs.
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Hernando Cortez
The spanish leader was Christopher Columbus
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they thought he was the god Quetzalcoatl. legend had it that he would return from the east in another form. The leader of the Aztecs, Montezuma, gave Cortez gifts thinking that it would please him and he would leave but instead Cortez wanted more.