Was The Conquerimiento Justified

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support him in his conquest. This allowed him to successfully destroy the city completely and executed over fifty thousand innocent civilians. The Spanish were by far the most brutal to the Native Americans. They built an empire in the Caribbean that consist of overworking Native Americans and treating them unfairly to benefit themselves. The Spanish craved gold and silver and because those were to be found in Mexico and Peru, many Native Americans were forced to work to their death. The Spanish felt that by writing the Requerimiento, it was justified for them to take over the Native American’s land. The Requerimiento was written in Spanish, read to the Natives who did not understand Spanish and what was being said. It was pointless because

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