Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez was born in Medellin, Extremadura, in 1485. He studied law at the University of Salamanca but cut college in 1501 and decided to try his fortune in the Americas. Cortez sailed for Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) in the spring of 1504. In 1511 he joined Spanish soldier and administrator Diego Velazquez in the conquest of Cuba and was soon made the mayor of Santiago de Cuba. In 1518 Cortez asked Velazquez, who had become governor of Cuba, the later cancellation of his commission by Velazquez, who had become suspicious that Cortez, now establishing himself independently, would refuse to recognize his authority. Cortez sailed along the coast of Yucatan and in March 1519 landed in Mexico, subjugating the town of Tabasco. The natives of Tabasco told Cortez of the Aztec Empire and its ruler Montezuma II. From Tabasco, the Spaniards moved through Mexico, capturing many natives. Soon they arrived at a harbor a little north of San Juan and established a town, La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz (now Veracruz). Cortez organized an independent gove
Back at Tenotitchlan, harsh rules made by Alvarado aroused the Aztecs. When Cortez returned an Aztec revolt against the capture of there ruler was in progress. Cortez and his new allies were allowed to enter the city but thereupon attacked. As a request of Cortez, Montezuma tried to calm the revolt but as a result he was stoned and died three days later. The Spaniards and the allies were driven out of the capital by Aztec forces, which were led by Montezuma’s nephew Cuauhtemoc. On July 7, 1520, after defeating a very large force of Aztecs, Cortez finally reached Tlaxcala. There, during the summer, he reorganized his army with the aid of some reinforcements and equipment from Vera Cruz. Cortez and his army then began their return to the capital, capturing outlying Aztec posts on the way. On August 13, 1521, after an exhausting siege of three months, Tenochtitlan fell. rnment, and ignoring the authority of Velazquez, acknowledged only the primary authority of the Spanish to give him command of an expedition to Mexico. Valazquez reluctantly agreed and on February 19, 1519, Cort
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