History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0158 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cortés Enters Tenochtitlán
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The idea
Cortés entered Tenochtitlán in fifteen nineteen, astonished by the causeways, horrified by human sacrifice, fascinated by Aztec gold. He took Moctezuma hostage.
In practice
The Spanish murdering hundreds of high-ranking Mexica during a festival for the war god.
Where people slip
The city rose, and Cortés fled for his life down one of the causeways.
Your place on the trail
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