Friday, September 26, 2008

Response to the arguments and ideas of The Cruelties of the Spaniards Committed in America

My own view is that that Spaniards had absolutely no right to treat the native americans how they did. Though i concede that the native americans were helpful to the spaniards, I still maintain that native americans might not have fully understood their importance in helping the spaniards. For example, native americans may not have understood the fact that europe was rapidly becoming over populated, thus maybe the spaniards being pressured to quickly take gold and land before it would be claimed. Although some might object the fact that this method of forced participation was unnecessary, I reply that it was necessary to the spaniards, they were growing impatient with the lack of progress that they were making. Or maybe it's not the lack of progress, but the expectations of the native americans were too high for people who were effeminate. This issue is important because it's not like the spaniards had nothing to offer the native americans, they would eventually travel to europe to see their modern culture,  just not right now.  It was a big new world to explore for spaniards, but an even bigger world for native americans to explore. The native americans needed to realize that they would be seeing a modern society and could benefit from it.  

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