Conquering of the Indians
The Spaniards were able to conquer the Indians extremely easily. The Spanish originally wanted to find an easier trade route to Asia to become rich, but they accidentally wound up in the Americas. The Florentine Codex and Columbus’ Journal were written around 1492. Similar documents were also written continually over the next hundred years. The Spaniards were coming into the lands of the Indians ready to fight for gold and destroy whatever they had to, but the Indians were in no way prepared for a fight because they had no weapons, they were friendly to the Spaniards, and they were dying of disease.
The Spanish defeated the Indians because the Indians were dying of smallpox. “ the plague [smallpox] caused many of the …show more content…
The Indians did not want to fight the Spaniards. In 1492 Columbus observed and documented in his Journal “As I saw that they were very friendly to us, and perceived that they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force”. In other words the Indians were kind and friendly and could easily convert to Christianity. Because the Indians were welcoming and would easily follow direction the Spanish could conquer them easily. Columbus took note and documented in his Journal “But they seemed on the whole to me, to be a very poor people. They all go completely naked...All whom I saw were young”. In other words the Indians were poor but they were young. Because the Indians are poor and they have limited resources they will be easy to conquer and they could be made into salves. Columbus also documented in his Journal “weapons they have none, nor are they acquainted with them”. In other words the Indians do not have weapons and do not know how to fight. Because the Indians were weaponless and did not know how to fight they could be conquered extremely easily. As a result of the Indians being friendly, poor, and not knowing how to fight, they were
The Spaniards were able to conquer the Indians extremely easily. The Spanish originally wanted to find an easier trade route to Asia to become rich, but they accidentally wound up in the Americas. The Florentine Codex and Columbus’ Journal were written around 1492. Similar documents were also written continually over the next hundred years. The Spaniards were coming into the lands of the Indians ready to fight for gold and destroy whatever they had to, but the Indians were in no way prepared for a fight because they had no weapons, they were friendly to the Spaniards, and they were dying of disease.
The Spanish defeated the Indians because the Indians were dying of smallpox. “ the plague [smallpox] caused many of the …show more content…
The Indians did not want to fight the Spaniards. In 1492 Columbus observed and documented in his Journal “As I saw that they were very friendly to us, and perceived that they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force”. In other words the Indians were kind and friendly and could easily convert to Christianity. Because the Indians were welcoming and would easily follow direction the Spanish could conquer them easily. Columbus took note and documented in his Journal “But they seemed on the whole to me, to be a very poor people. They all go completely naked...All whom I saw were young”. In other words the Indians were poor but they were young. Because the Indians are poor and they have limited resources they will be easy to conquer and they could be made into salves. Columbus also documented in his Journal “weapons they have none, nor are they acquainted with them”. In other words the Indians do not have weapons and do not know how to fight. Because the Indians were weaponless and did not know how to fight they could be conquered extremely easily. As a result of the Indians being friendly, poor, and not knowing how to fight, they were