b. Key events and actors: Cortes and the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés (1485- 1547) was responsible, almost single-handedly, for the Spanish conquest of Central America. Cortés and his men were known as the conquistadors. Why did Cortes launch an expedition to Mexico? What factors allowed Cortes to be successful against the Aztecs? Starter: What can we learn from this moving poem about the end of the Aztec Empire? And all these fortunes befell us We saw them and wondered...