While they were celebrating Pedro de Alvarado went there with his men. ... In the Spanish version of La Noche Triste they claim that they had to fight their way out of Tenochtitlan. ... They decided to go back and help the others left behind, but as they went back Pedro de Alvarado met them with the few warriors that made it out alive. Finally Cortes and the couple of men that survived made it to safety far away from where they were first attacked. 2 3 The Mexica version of La Noche Triste portrayed the Spanish as fleeing Mexico by night. ...

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There is a group today called La Casa de los Escritores en Lenguas Indigenas which works to preserve the native language and gain constitutional acknowledgement (Kernecker, 1998). ... Some examples of specific Mexican celebrations include independence day, All Saint's Day and Dia de los Muertos. ... Mexicans gather to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. ... Some regions go to the cemetery and hold vigils and feasts while others consume candy skeletons or pan de Muerto - sweet bread (McManus, 2013). ... Normally, children received their gifts on Jan. 6, Dia de los Santos Reyes, also Three Kings...

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Some of the importance alliances that he made was with the Cingapacinga and the Cempola in chapter 6, the Tlacaltens, which was mainly chapter 7 and 8, to having Panfilo de Narvaez and Narvaez's army join Cortes on his journey to capturing Tenochtitlan, which was in Chapter 11-14. ... In Chapter 11, Velázquez sends Panfilo de Narvaez with an army of his own to capture Cortes and bring him back to Spain to be trialed for his crimes. ... We see this when the events of La Noche Triste happens, and Cortes and his army was able to get shelter from the attacks of the Aztecs that were dr...

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La Noche Triste, June 30-July1, 1520, was when the Aztecs avenged their lost emperor. ... Antonio de Mendoza became the first viceroy in 1538. ... Under the leadership of Agustin de Iturbide Mexico declared Independence in 1821. ... The Age of Santa Anna Between the years of 1823 and1855 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had control over Mexico. ...

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Portilla writes that shortly after Montezuma's imprisonment, Cortes and his troops were forced to flee the area and engage in a battle with Panfilo de Narvaez, the Cuban governor, who was on terms to arrest Cortes for his offenses. ...

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The reports of opulent Mexican empires brought back by explorers on Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba's and Juan de Grijalba's coastal journeys caused the Spanish government to look inland. ... Cortes's ship was the last to arrive and he found upon landing that one of his commanders, Pedro de Alvarado, had rashly removed the ornaments from the local temples and forced the Cozumelans to flee to the center of the small island. ...

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