Philip Long's Questions 9/14-15
During the colonization period, the English prided themselves on being much more honest and fair with the Native Americans they encountered than the Spanish. While the Spanish justified their conquest with the Requerimiento the English "purchased" their land from the Indians. Do you feel that this method was more legitimate than the Spanish method? In what ways was the Spanish conquest more honest than fair than the English? Please include the Looking out for Number One in your assessment.
posted by Anonymous at 9:19 PM
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Although both methods are bad i think that the english method of trying to trade was better than the going in, killing and then claiming ways of the spanish. the problem then occurs when the "looking out for number one" and tobacco comes. by making the indians slaves it makes them just about as bad as killing them
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