I believe c is the answer because the word it's is saying it is
The south was technically fighting a defensive war, they had more time to prepare so really any of these answers could be right, but id have to go with they had either more money or more effective military commanders
Explanation:
when king philip heard the news of the massacre, and the punishments, Oñate was banished from New Mexico for his cruelty to the natives,and later returned to spain to live out the remainder of his life.