Relationship Between Dominican And Spanish Conquistadors

Roman Catholic Orders were associations of men and women within the Roman Catholic Church who were dedicated to lives of prayer, service, and devotion. The Roman Catholic Church recognized at that time (1600-1650) three different types of religious Orders depending on the country they represented: Dominican and Franciscan friars represented Spain, Jesuits (called “Black Robes”) represented France, and Protestantism represented by England. The Spanish conquistadors were well educated, but also profit-minded, and known as having the most powerful navy in the world. They consider themselves, as a “saving souls” of native Indian who most believe had no culture or religion at all. They work with the help of the Dominican and Franciscan friars, but the relationship between them was not peaceful, because native Indians resisted the imposition of Spanish authority, what resulted in slavery and even death of native people. Those, who did not protest against Spanish authority were treated equally, were allow to merry, and conduct the business. Native Indians consider Spanish discovery more as an invasion of their land with very little recognition of their religious claim to the land their where they bore the graves of the dead. The Jesuits (or the “Black Robes”) were sent by France. Their approach was less threatening than Spanish
Their goal was to establish permanent settlements for their subjects to escape the overpopulation and the religious intolerance of their native homeland. They did not accept any equality and mixed marriages were not encouraged. Their two colonies New England and Chesapeake had very unique identities: different religious culture, economies, and the settlement patterns. These differences affected the colonies in social, economic, and political way. Many Indians died due to the wars, lost of land, and the disease that the Europeans brought to the