Question

Draw a conclusion about the interactions between the Spanish and natives based on the las Casas account, giving detail to the topic of equality and cultural superiority.

Answer 1

Answer:

The interaction between the Spanish and the Natives was not well from the beginning.

Explanation:

It is to note that Spanish was the most hostile than the other European colonizers in the New World. Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish bishop, who spoke against the oppression of indigenous peoples by Europeans. Bartolome saw the exploitation of Indigenous people by the European and felt remorse and become the defender of their rights. Spanish behaviour towards the indigenous was hostile as they forced them to work and kill in conquests. They got hold of golds from ancient civilizations and build colonies to make money. From las Casas account, it is to be noted, that there was no equality between the two groups as Spaniard considered to be superior with skills an weapons to dominate the Native Indians.  Native Indians converted into Christians as their culture seen as barbarous with human sacrifices.