Did the account of Bartolome de Las Casas in Tears of the Indians
Did the account of Bartolome de Las Casas in Tears of the Indians (pp. 361-362) seem consistent with Juan Lopez de Palacios Rubios’ justification (pp. 359-360) Spain’s seizure of Native American lands and peoples?
Did the account of Bartolome de Las Casas in Tears of the Indians
Prompt for assignment:
Did the account of Bartolome de Las Casas in Tears of the Indians (pp. 361-362) seem consistent with Juan Lopez de Palacios Rubios’ justification (pp. 359-360) Spain’s seizure of Native American lands and peoples?
Structure requested,
5-6 paragraph paper.
Paragraph 1:
Introduction, introducing the reader to the subject, including a clear thesis making the point. Highlight thesis, please.
Paragraph 2:
Body paragraph 1 with a clear topic sentence that goes back to the thesis.
Paragraph 3:
Body paragraph 2 with a clear topic sentence that goes back to the thesis.
Paragraph 4:
Body paragraph 3 with a clear topic sentence that goes back to the thesis.
Paragraph 5: (optional paragraph, add if needed).
Body paragraph 4 with a clear topic sentence that goes back to the thesis.
Paragraph 6:
Conclusion, drawing together all the points and making a final closure of the paper.
MLA citing from the provided page only, don’t go outside of materials provided, please.
Example: “He said that, “and quote selected from the pages” (cite using MLA).
More details;
THE REQUERIMIENTO (1513)
When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, he found many “naked people”, and remarked in his journal that “they should be good and intelligent servants” and “would become Christians very easily”. He was mistaken, and the Spanish struggled for hundreds of years to subjugate and convert the indigenous people of the Americas. When they did not cooperate, they were often either slaughtered and maimed, or enslaved to work for the Spanish colonists. King Ferdinand, receiving firsthand accounts of the barbaric ways these people were treat, legitimize Spain’s actions in the eyes of the church and the Pope. The Requerimiento was one of these attempts.
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