-
hostile to the
Spanish Crown.
Before embarking on
their journeys, the
Tlaxcalans demanded and
received numerous rights and
privileges for
their service...
-
especially the
Tlaxcalans. However,
after entering Tlaxcalan territory, the
Spanish were met by a
hostile Tlaxcalan force of 30,000. The
Tlaxcalans fought the...
- the siege, the
Tlaxcalans waged a
merciless campaign against the
Aztecs who had long
oppressed them as for a
hundred years the
Tlaxcalans had been forced...
- the
Tlaxcalan warleader,
Xicotencatl the Younger, that it
would be
better to ally with the
newcomers than to kill them.: 143–55, 171 The
Tlaxcalans' main...
-
severe blow to the
Tlaxcalans.
Their state was now
completely encircled by the Aztecs. H****ig and
other historians ****ert that
Tlaxcalans considered the attack...
- as the
result of a lack of
resources as the
Tlaxcalans pushed further into
their territory. The
Tlaxcalans even went as far as
burning down the
royal palaces...
-
reported that
fortifications were
being constructed around the city and the
Tlaxcalans were
warning the Spaniards.: 193 Finally, La
Malinche informed Cortés...
- the
Aztecs and the
Tlaxcalans,
fighting for
their independence, as the
Aztecs wanted to
absorb them into the empire. The
Tlaxcalans arrived in Central...
- The
Tlaxcalans fiercely resisted Aztec expansion during the
Flower Wars ever
since the
Aztecs expelled them from Lake Texcoco. The
Tlaxcalans would...
- century. Hernán Cortés took
advantage of this situation,
enlisting the
Tlaxcalans as
allies against the Aztecs,
giving them a base to
attack from and regroup...
