It consists of the wealthy and city or religious officials.
The first meeting of Montezuma and Cortes was quite cordial. The Aztec ruler regarded Cortes with keen interest. He even received the gifts from the Mexican well. Cortes boldly put a necklace on the neck of the prince and even wanted to hug him if he did not thought it was going to be too much.
Very prominent in western culture, like pillar design and pipes. They collected a lot of great ideas from other cultures via conquest.
New england and middle colonies did not believe in slavery.