We can tell that both the Laws of Burgos and its Amendments were significant for the time because they were signed by not only the Queen (posthumously) …show more content…
This expectation of treatment is shown in the strong interest the crown takes in the general day to day treatment of the Indians. First, it is expected the Indians are given hammocks. The Indians “are not to exchange the said hammocks for other things, and if they do exchange them, we command the said visitors to punish the Indians” (XIX). To have a hammock likely distinguished the Indians as subjects from slaves, who would sleep on the floor. This also implies that the crown believes that if the Indians are treated correctly, they will