Lmao, they could've at least tried to find an alternative to the Aztecs (who, incidentally, did not rule any land near California - they were based in central Mexico). Those guys' neighbors preferred colonial Spanish rule to theirs to the extent of actively helping Cortes wipe their horrific blight of a civilization from the face of the earth, because they were fucking sick and tired of the Aztecs raiding them to collect human sacrifices all the time.
And then many of said neighbors, such as the Tlaxcalans (who still exist today BTW), were actually treated pretty well by Spain, certainly far better than they had been under Aztec hegemony. Seriously, the Spanish made the Tlaxcalans into honored vassals and the Tlaxcalans in turn served their new kings as loyal auxiliaries in wars against other Mesoamerican peoples hostile to Spain, such as the Chichimeca.
Lmao, they could've at least tried to find an alternative to the Aztecs (who, incidentally, did not rule any land near California - they were based in central Mexico). Those guys' neighbors preferred colonial Spanish rule to theirs to the extent of actively helping Cortes wipe their horrific blight of a civilization from the face of the earth, because they were fucking sick and tired of the Aztecs raiding them to collect human sacrifices all the time.
And then many of said neighbors, such as the Tlaxcalans (who still exist today BTW), were actually treated pretty well by Spain, certainly far better than they had been under Aztec hegemony. Seriously, the Spanish made the Tlaxcalans into honored vassals and the Tlaxcalans in turn served their new kings as loyal auxiliaries in wars against other Mesoamerican peoples hostile to Spain, such as the Chichimeca.
Not to mention that almost all latinos are Catholic. I would expect them to be the most opposed to this goofy nonsense.
Yeah but the Aztecs are the only ones people know about, and are like totes cool warriors with super advanced cities so KANGZ and sheeeeit.
I wish that was a joke but I am 100% certain that is why Aztec was chosen, simply because they don't know any of the other ones.