Tlaxcaltecas

One of the tribes of the Lake texcoo region.

History

The Tlaxcalteca were originally made up of 4 groups that spoke Nahuatl and Otomí, and 4 city-states of the Tlaxcala Confederation.  

The Mexica tried to conquer them before, but they never conquered by the Triple Alliance. They fought against eachother in the Flower Wars aswell.

When the Spaniards came over to Mesoamerica, and Hernan Cortez was there, the Tlaxcalans wanted to take out the Aztec which they hated them, so they allied with them and fought with them in the Conquest of Tenochtitlan. During this time their Tlatoani was named Xicotencatl, who had a son named Xicotencatl The ''Younger''. The Tlaxcalteca had also helped the Spanish to reach the Valley of Anahuac. 

Because of their help of the Spanish, the Tlaxcalteca had lots of gifts from them, and other native tribes of Mexico. This included guns, noble titles, and the right to ride horses. This helped them out by the Spanish over the years, including the Mexico War of Independence, and they would be a strong pro-independence faction.