By the early 1500s, what did the Aztecs become because it covered 80,000 square miles that stretched from central Mexico to the Atlantic & Pacific and contained 30 provinces that were ruled by an emperor?

The most powerful empire.

Explanation:

Originally the Aztecs actually are from the Northern part of Mexico before they later were in charge of the central part of Mexico. The Aztecs speak a language which is known as the Nahuatl.

For Aztecs, they are known as the Mexica or Tenochca. They were able to efficiently control the regions such as the central Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific and other thirty (30) provided because they formed an alliance which is known as the Tripple Alliance.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook