Parents, civic organizations demonstrated against forcing of children into conscripts.american conduct of the war became bitterly criticized including britain.
The Aztecs, now led by Cuauhtemoc, succumbed to smallpox fever, which had been brought by one of the Spaniards, after 93 days of resistance on the fateful day of August 13, 1521 CE. The city of Tenochtitlan was sacked, and its temples were desecrated.
