After three months of fighting, Cortes defeated the capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan. The emperor Cuauhtémoc was taken prisoner and executed later that same year, and Cortes became the ruler of the expansive empire. The surviving Aztecs were highly susceptible to European diseases previously unknown to their culture, such as smallpox and typhus. In 1521, smallpox decimated the population of Tenochtitlan. Two following epidemics killed 75 percent of the remaining population, according to the New World Encyclopedia. Surviving Aztecs were not allowed to learn of their native culture and were forced to read and write in Spanish. Many elements of Aztec culture were lost forever.
The Spanish had guns and the Aztecs did not.
the spanish thought of the aztecs as slaves
Yes the Aztecs welcomed the spanish with gifts
the Spanish gave small pox to the Aztecs.
The technology of the Spanish greatly exceeded the Aztecs. The Spanish were shooting bullets, the Aztecs were throwing stones, no contest.
The Aztecs had gold.
They both have lived on Mexican land. The Aztecs before the Spanish wiped them out and then the Spanish lived there after they had wiped out the Aztecs lol
the Aztecs lost to the Spanish because the Spanish had better weapons like the gun.
The Spanish invaded the Aztecs Empire. Some Aztecs joined forces with the Spanish. Together, they fought the other Aztecs and tried to overthrow their Aztec emperor, Moctezuma. They had long, hard battles. Diseases spread to the Aztecs and killed many of them. in 1521, the Aztecs surrendered to the Spanish.
im guessing because the spanish tried to trick the Aztecs
The Spanish outnumbered the aztecs
they destroyed the Aztecs one by one>:)