Question

Why did Spanish conquistadors go to war with the native peoples of Middle America?

Answer 1

Answer:

Conquistadors = conquerors.

They came for gold and wealth and they took it. The native people were not Christian so they didn't have any day in the matter.

“Might makes right" was the rule that politics was based on in the 15th century. It was a time where the European world was a patchwork of small countries constantly either warring with each other or seeking protection with others.

The concept of human rights was virtually unknown and international law (other then that supplied by the Catholic Church) was pretty much nonexistent.

Nearly all European lands were the property of the Kings, Princes, and Dukes who ruled over it by force.

The Spanish and Portuguese basically applied these “rules" to the new lands they “discovered". If you were weaker they conquered you. If you were stronger they allied with you against a mutual enemy.

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