<span>The Spanish who lived and worked in missions often forced native
Americans to do their buddings. Any type of buddings. They would exploit
them, steal from them, beat them and kill them, rpe their women, and
anything similar, and all it took was for one to not do as he was told. </span>
According to Confucius, a leader should behave as a slave towards me.
Most of the Popes of the Renaissance period (1450-1600) were very 'worldly' (that is rich and immoral politicians) instead of real 'churchmen' (Adrian VI being an exception). Their policies for the most part were to.....
1. Build and take over the 'Papal States' of central Italy giving Popes an actual 'country' to be in charge of.
2. Break the power of and make war on rival 'great families' of Italy using foreign troops/ mercenaries (most of the Renaissance Popes were from rich Italian great families such as the Medici, Farnese, etc. they used their position as Pope to take out rival families such as the Orsini, Colonna etc.).
3.Being rich and used to riches they beautified Rome with art, jewels, gold, fountains, architecture.
The impact on the Church was that no one was really paying attention to running it, just using it, or paying attention to religious matters. To the truly religious the Popes behavior of the times were mostly disgusting. The 'Reformation' and Protestantism (the religious breaking away and starting their own independent Churches) started elsewhere in Europe during the period as a result.
I believe the 3 events where, The Lincoln-Douglas Debate, The john brown raid and the Dred Scott Verdict. Browns raid made abolitionist (against slavery) look as if they where the bad guys, Lincoln-Douglas Made each state decide if they wanted to be a slave or no slave state and the Dred Scott made slavery 'legal' anywhere in the U.S.A. Dred Scott was 1857, Lincoln-Douglas was 1858 and John Brown Raid was 1859!
Was traded for other kinds of goods. (D)
