Answer:
B. Moctezuma demanded tributes and victimized his people.
Explanation:
Option B is the correct answer.
From the excerpt, we are informed that Moctezuma's conquest that stretched to Honduras and Nicaragua was actually weakened by the resentment of the subject tribes. The resentment of the subject tribes was due to the increasing demands for tributes and victims for the religious sacrifices.
Such demands and victimization brought resentments from people that were meant to be subject to him. I believe the resentment played out in different ways that make Moctezuma a prisoner in his own palace.
When his people are against him, he wouldn't have the freedom to operate and exercise his authority.
