What assumptions did the Spanish make about the natives they found in the Americas?

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What assumptions did the Spanish make about the natives they found in the Americas?

2007-09-01 04:54:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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As most Christians would have done at that time, they assumed that the natives were immoral, uncultured and backward, almost inhuman. That's why it was so easy for them to kill the natives.

2007-09-01 05:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

I assume that they were uneducated savages that were inferior to themselves

2007-09-01 05:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋