1. Explain the three criticisms against the Spanish called the Black Legend. Describe the work of the following to refute the Black Legend: Father Jose de Anchieta in Brazil, St. Francis Solano in the Andes, the Franciscans in New Mexico, the Jesuit reductions in Paraguay, and Father Serra in California.
The three criticisms that the Spanish get from the Black Legend are primarily from the English and Dutch who are known to have said that the Spanish are unusually cruel, greedy and depraved that in nearly every controversy Spain is on the wrong side. Father Jose de Anchieta led the Jesuits to bring Gospel to Brazil and became a hostage to the Tamoyo Indians just to persuade them to participate in the peace conference between tribes in 1563. St.Francis Solano refuted the Black Legend by becoming the 'Apostle over the Andes' because he befriended Tucumán chief in 1590, defended the chapel from attack by preaching and converting the indian braves, was the first white man to leave Chaco area alive, and converted immoral …show more content…
Their advantages were they had a centralized government, strategically placed forts, well trained army, number of Indian alliances from past explorations and growing relationships with them, and had familiarity with America also from past explorations. The English in the New World were different from the French because they ruled by a small group of wealthy men controlling the king and the Parliament, focused on business commerce and profit, and mainly Protestant ( sometimes required). Their advantages were they had an Iroquois alliance made up of six different tribes, and naval and numerical superiority. From the facts the English seemed as though they had the lower hand and the French had the upper
The three criticisms that the Spanish get from the Black Legend are primarily from the English and Dutch who are known to have said that the Spanish are unusually cruel, greedy and depraved that in nearly every controversy Spain is on the wrong side. Father Jose de Anchieta led the Jesuits to bring Gospel to Brazil and became a hostage to the Tamoyo Indians just to persuade them to participate in the peace conference between tribes in 1563. St.Francis Solano refuted the Black Legend by becoming the 'Apostle over the Andes' because he befriended Tucumán chief in 1590, defended the chapel from attack by preaching and converting the indian braves, was the first white man to leave Chaco area alive, and converted immoral …show more content…
Their advantages were they had a centralized government, strategically placed forts, well trained army, number of Indian alliances from past explorations and growing relationships with them, and had familiarity with America also from past explorations. The English in the New World were different from the French because they ruled by a small group of wealthy men controlling the king and the Parliament, focused on business commerce and profit, and mainly Protestant ( sometimes required). Their advantages were they had an Iroquois alliance made up of six different tribes, and naval and numerical superiority. From the facts the English seemed as though they had the lower hand and the French had the upper