Compare And Contrast The Destruction Of Inca And Aztecs

The destruction and of the Inca and Aztec empires in the 14th and 15th by the Spanish conquers lead to an immediate takeover and conquering of South America and later on North America. The Spanish brought many vicious things to the Americas within a couple of years such as: disease, population collapse, loss of land to Europeans, forced labor, resettlement into more compact villages, and creating a setting in which the religion of the victors took hold in Spanish American colonies. The last point was the first reason why European culture and especially the Catholic religion assimilated so quickly into the Native Americas. With no more major power to keep the Spanish and Portuguese in check in South America and Mexico, all the people could do …show more content…
Many millions ended up accepting baptism, contributing to the construction of village churches, attending services, and embracing images of Mary and other saints. Earlier, Andean religious leaders had no intention of changing their religious duties or deities but the Europeans had different plans in that they claimed an exclusive religious truth and sought the utter destruction of local gods and everything associated with them. The Native Americans were still able to keep the base of their religion so that they could still use their own practices while accommodating Christianity. The first way was in Peru during the 1560s in which the Taki Onqoy, also known as the dancing sickness, was a religious revivalist movement for the Native Americans. They frequently sought to reinterpret Christian practices while the Taki Onqoy movement as they frequently took the names of Christian saints. The Native Americans also helped the Europeans assimilate more easily by reinterpreting Christian practices within an Andean framework, and incorporating local elements into an emerging Andean