States were expected, but not forced, to provide tax monies to Congress.
This information was taken from the article <em>"Three Forks Area", </em>published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The complete paragraph goes as follows:
One of the earliest people to set up trade in the Three Forks area was Jean Pierre Chouteau. He and his brother had been running a successful trading post for years in their St. Louis Headquarters .The trading post at Three Forks was set up on the Neosho River in 1796.
Jean's half-brother's name was August Chouteau.
Spanish alliances with other Native American groups proved useful for conquering the Aztecs as the Spanish could now communicate with the Aztecs (Native Americans such as Malinche, a female Indian, picked up Spanish easily and could translate to the Spanish), and they began to learn about local cultures and politics. Some of the these Native American groups also personally hated the Aztecs and gladly fought the Spanish to conquer their empire.