Hernán Cortés Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
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Temporal Tangle
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About This Challenge
In this game, players will engage in a timeline activity that challenges their knowledge of historical events related to Hernán Cortés.
- Players will need to correctly place key events in Cortés’ life in chronological order
- The game will test players’ understanding of the conquest of the Aztec Empire
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- 1485: Hernán Cortés is born in Medellín, Spain
- 1504: Cortés travels to Hispaniola in the Caribbean
- 1511: Cortés participates in the conquest of Cuba under Diego Velázquez
- 1519: Cortés leads an expedition to Mexico
- April 22, 1519: Cortés and his men arrive in Veracruz
- April 22, 1519: Cortés establishes the city of Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz
- November 8, 1519: Cortés meets with the Aztec emperor Montezuma II
- August 13, 1521: Cortés captures Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire
- 1522: Cortés is appointed as the governor of New Spain
- 1522: Cortés marries Doña Marina, also known as La Malinche
- 1524: Cortés leads an expedition to Honduras
- 1526: Cortés is removed from his position as governor of New Spain
- 1528: Cortés returns to Spain
- 1529: Cortés is granted the title of Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca
- December 2, 1547: Cortés dies in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Spain