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Prompt:
What were relations between the Spanish and indigenous Americans like? Contrast the views of Europeans of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with those of Native Americans and Africans they encountered on such topics as the environment, social relations, religious beliefs, and slavery. What purpose do words like “savage,” “heathen,” or “barbarian” serve? Explain.
What to do:
After reading chapter 1-2 in Corbett and chapter 1, Columbus, the Indians and Human Progress in Zinn, read through the primary and secondary source material and view the videos posted below, then post a response to the prompt indicated above.
Secondary Source Readings:
Corbett, Chapter 1-2Links to an external site.
Zinn, Columbus, the Indians and Human Progress
Primary Source Readings:
Columbus Letter to the King and Queen of Spain (1494)
Bartolomé de Las Casas and his Defence of the Indians
Your response should be at least three paragraphs in length (the more substantive paragraphs you write, the better).
https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-intr…
https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinncol1….
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/texts/columlet.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/40/186.html
https://www.learner.org/series/a-biography-of-amer…
