Ahem. Well, I was just reading an assignment for AP world and thought I would use it for my lovely and creative English blog.
This article was about the spanish conquistadors and how they dominated the Indians of the Americas through cruelty and false claims. According to the Encomienda system the spanish were supposed to trade currency for the Indians labor and basically slavery. The spanish became the Indians masters while the Indians never recieved the money they were promised, instead they recieved only gruesome and harsh treatment. Finally thanks to the Council of the Indies (established by Charles V) The Indians were finally able to have some say in their treatment. Then thanks to the speeches of Las Casas the Indians were finally recognized as free!! YAY!! This does not make up for the way the Indians were treated though. The things the Indians as a society and group of people had to endure was horendous! The conquistadors would literally grill children, scewer men and cut out the fetuses from pregnant women! All in the pursuit of unconquered territory. It disgusts me!