When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, the held the largest and most powerful empire in the Americas. Because the Spanish had hor
ses, some Aztecs thought Cortes might be a god. The Aztec king, _________ , invited Cortes to enter his capital city of Tenochtitlan. After a short time, Cortes turned against the emperor and _________.
When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, the <u>Aztecs</u> held the largest and most powerful empire in the Americas.Because the Spanish had horses, some Aztecs thought Cortes might be a god. The Aztec king, <u>Montezuma II</u> , invited Cortes to enter his capital city of Tenochtitlan. After a short time, Cortes turned against the emperor and <u>made him a prisoner</u>.
When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, the held the largest and most powerful empire in the Americas. Because the Spanish had horses, some Aztecs thought Cortes might be a god. The Aztec king, <u>Moctezuma</u> , invited Cortes to enter his capital city of Tenochtitlan. After a short time, Cortes turned against the emperor and <u>after a seige that lasted three months, the city fell</u>.
"Between roughly 1855 and 1859, Kansans engaged in a violent guerrilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in an event known as Bleeding Kansas which significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War."
