Were given permission to punish non-native american tresspassers.
I am pretty sure the answer you are looking for is spain because <span>Spanish technology was a major factor in the defeat of the Aztecs. Spain had </span>more influence<span> than any other </span>nation<span> on the </span>colonization of Latin America<span> in the 1500s.</span>
Because the common people paid all the taxes
