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Encounter The Spanish Nichols Chapter 3 Summary

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In Chapter two section “Encountering the Spanish” Nichols stated, “The Indians’ first experiences with the Spanish proved more violent and disruptive than their meetings with most other Europeans.” I believe that the intentions of the Spanish Invasion of 1513 was always of evil and served not for religious purposes, but to further greed and corruption. The invasion was to let the Indians know and be alert that the Spanish wanted them to give up, convert to christianity, or else they will be killed. Furthermore, the Spanish feel that they have met the legal and religious obligation to take possession of the land and wage war against the natives. The requerimiento was a recitation of the Christian history of the world followed by the requirement that the Natives come forward of their own free will to convert to Catholicism. In addition, the Natives who resisted were to be held guilty of all resulting deaths and injuries. The requerimiento was read in either Spanish or Latin with little concern for any possible Native comprehension of the words. After the captured Indians had been put in chains, someone read the Requirement without knowing their language and without any interpreters, and without either the reader or the …show more content…

In addition, the Indians refused to move to the missions because when they became Christians the Spanish treated the Indians as slaves, they no longer had liberty, nor they were master of their possessions. Many tribes were destroyed by the Spanish violence and families were torn apart emotionally. Imagine having all your memories where you lived, the good moments you share with your family and then one day it all gets destroyed and you become a slave. Your freedom is taken, families get killed and the memories you once had all get

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This piece is written by Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish Dominican friar who witnessed atrocities by the Spanish colonists on the Native Americans, mainly in Cuba and Santo Domingo. It is an extract from his work ‘A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies’ – written in 1542 and published in 1552. The extract details how, in las Casas’ opinion, the way the Spanish colonists treated the native Indians, particularly in Cuba, was not acceptable and he was using his first-hand experience of these atrocities to appeal to King Charles V to stop the atrocities towards the natives of the recently discovered New World.   When las Casas first moved to the New World as a young adult, he was actually a slave owner but quickly changed to his later

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The same hostilities were found in New Mexico, Naranjo a priest led a revolt against the Spanish colonists. The natives secretly planned an attack against the Spanish, to their misfortune the secret of their attack was out and impulsively carried out an attack. Spanish priests, women and children were killed, the governor was their next target but he escaped with his life. Under the orders of Naranjo the natives burned the Spanish churches and everything that pertained to Christianity, even seizing cultivated lands of the Spanish back as their own. The natives were tired of the Spanish rule over them and sought to drive out the inhabitants and their faith to restore their religion and way of life once more.

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Indians who survived the initial invasion were required to work and to accept Christianity. If they refused, they could be forced to comply. Many did resist and a system was devised to deal with them. It was known as the encomienda.

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Las Casas did not agree with the harsh, violent acts being committed towards the Indians and thought that, since they were human beings as well, they should be treated with dignity and respect. He also made the point that the Indians were not any less intelligent than the Spaniards and that if they wanted to convert to Christianity, they should be able to do so of their own free will and not because of coercion. If they wished to learn more about Christianity, they should be free to do what they wish and not be forced to convert to a religion they neither understand nor want to

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