Answer:
The last battle of the war was the Siege of Yorktown. The Continental Army sorrounded the British fortified position and the French ships blasted it from the sea. It ended with the surrender in the field of the British commander Gen. Charles Cornwallis on October 17, 1781.
Explanation:
To briefly sum things up:
- Bartolomé de Las Casas saw the indigenous peoples as equals and believed they should not be treated as less. However, he still wanted to convert them to his religion to "free" them.
- On the other hand, Cortés basically said the indigenous people were perfect for slavery because they lacked the "superior" qualities the Europeans had, and so he definitely thought they were inferior.