1. Spanish Conquest Lessons
... or not the natives should be enslaved, not matter what their spiritual decision. Though many ships were sent out to take land for the Spanish Crown, "Christianization operated at other times without the cooperation of these organizing centers and in fact often preceded them." And as the Spanish found through experience in the Canaries, "the major obstacle to evangelization was the ... from this successful plan. The religious rulers of the time were also more prepared for the European arrival in the Indies than they were for the acquisition of the Canaries. Medieval attempts to convert t...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate