Events in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire drag, and drop the correct event of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire
- Hernán Cortés and his men arrive in Mexico in 1519
- Cortés forms alliances with rival Indigenous groups and gains their support against the Aztecs
- Cortés captures Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, and holds him hostage
- The Spanish and their Indigenous allies besiege Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire
- The city falls to the Spanish on August 13, 1521
- The Spanish establish the colony of New Spain and begin to exploit its resources for the benefit of the Spanish crown