At first encounter between the spaniards and the Native American population, the colonizers had embodied their new “discovery” as heroic and selfless. Though the interaction between the Aztecs and the Incas and the European settlers bared some systemic disadvantages and resulted in things like mercantilism and mass genocide, as well as the vast spread of disease, the actual development of the New World had benefited greatly to the countries around them. People had interpreted the situation through use of the factors: what their religion was, what aspirations they wished to obtain in the new world and the part of Europe that they confided in.
The development of the New World and gradual extinguishment of the original Native American Population had resulted in advantages for everyone around them. For instance, the French exemplified more sympathetic views, regarding the natives because of the fact that trade routes and their economy profited from colonization.This allowed the French to seek more contact with the natives; thus developing a greater appreciation for them. The Catholic Church had opposed turning the natives into slaves, and had attempted to use this opportunity to convert the population into catholicism. The spanish conquistadors and the men following Cortez, who led the expedition that initiated the
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The Spanish had embodied their culture and cultivation techniques and had convoyed the natives into corruption and genocide, a global conflction that was overlooked, simply because it benefitted everyone else around them. Its citizens who were devoted to the catholic church, had concepted the idea that it was God who blessed them with an exceeding empire, destined to dominate the world. This allowed justification for Cortez and his men to perpetuate the stigma of natives and overrule their rights as