Extra context: the peoples that were unhappy under Tenochtitlán weren’t 100% behind the Spanish and didn’t ally with them outright, some were very wary of the possibility of ending up with “different asshole, same shit”[1], since Caribbean peoples already had contact with them and word spread of how greedy the colonists were.
Spanish canons were extremely helpful in the battles, too.
Which turned out to be mostly true, given all the torture and slave labor they were forced to do, but at least the ritual sacrifices ended. ↩︎
Extra context: the peoples that were unhappy under Tenochtitlán weren’t 100% behind the Spanish and didn’t ally with them outright, some were very wary of the possibility of ending up with “different asshole, same shit”[1], since Caribbean peoples already had contact with them and word spread of how greedy the colonists were.
Spanish canons were extremely helpful in the battles, too.
Which turned out to be mostly true, given all the torture and slave labor they were forced to do, but at least the ritual sacrifices ended. ↩︎