Answer:the territoriality principle.
Explanation: The territoriality principle holds that a state has jurisdiction over all acts, whether criminal or not, committed on its territory and over everyone located on the territory of that state.
Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec Empire by scaring the natives with the 16 horses, gaining alliances with the other enemies of the Aztec, having superior and better weapons than the natives (like guns), having armor, and having steel.
The answer is: Social class
Social class is generally divided based on how much resources that those people have to influence a change in the society where they lived in.
In almost all modern societies, social class will clearly distinguished by the wealth/money that people possessed. So the society is divided into two, the poor and the rich.
People who had vast amount of wealth, could have larger influence in changing the society because they can funded their activism group or influence the legislation by giving funding to the government representative of their choosing.