Why Did The Spanish Arrival Of The Aztecs
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The arrival of the Spanish affected significantly how the Aztecs lived and how they were treated. The encomienda system was established, this system that the Spanish settlers were entrusted with their own communities of natives called ‘encomiendas’ that served beneath their jurisdiction. The natives had to provide labour and tributes for their overlords, or ‘encomenderos’. Hernan Cortes, became arguably the most famous conquistador, once stated “I came to get gold, not till the soil like a peasant”. Essentially, the encomienda system acted as a justification that allowed the Spanish to make distinctions from different "kinds". The actual name of this terrible process emerged mainly because the Spanish crown had emanated legislation which prohibited the enslaving of indigenous people when the system represented a form of slavery …show more content…
These laws had been proclaimed in 1542. These laws emanated the rights of the Native Americans. However, the king lived far away from the encomenderos and had lost control of the situation, therefore most of the Spaniards broke those laws and none could really stop them on the other hand because the king had his main interests. The "New Laws" had been created because of Bartolomé de Las Casas. Bartolomé de Las Casas was a Catholic priest who had arrived to Hispaniola in 1502 and taken part in the conquest of Cuba. In reward for taking part in the conquest he received an encomienda, he, soon noticed that he wasn't on the right side of the story. He thought that the treatment given to the natives wasn't fair. He fought against the abuse of Native Americans, earning the title “Protector of the Indians”. Although some didn't approve the treatment given to the indigenous people most people did. It is actually ironic that the Aztecs used to force other smaller communities to pay taxes and tributes to them, when the situation was
The arrival of the Spanish affected significantly how the Aztecs lived and how they were treated. The encomienda system was established, this system that the Spanish settlers were entrusted with their own communities of natives called ‘encomiendas’ that served beneath their jurisdiction. The natives had to provide labour and tributes for their overlords, or ‘encomenderos’. Hernan Cortes, became arguably the most famous conquistador, once stated “I came to get gold, not till the soil like a peasant”. Essentially, the encomienda system acted as a justification that allowed the Spanish to make distinctions from different "kinds". The actual name of this terrible process emerged mainly because the Spanish crown had emanated legislation which prohibited the enslaving of indigenous people when the system represented a form of slavery …show more content…
These laws had been proclaimed in 1542. These laws emanated the rights of the Native Americans. However, the king lived far away from the encomenderos and had lost control of the situation, therefore most of the Spaniards broke those laws and none could really stop them on the other hand because the king had his main interests. The "New Laws" had been created because of Bartolomé de Las Casas. Bartolomé de Las Casas was a Catholic priest who had arrived to Hispaniola in 1502 and taken part in the conquest of Cuba. In reward for taking part in the conquest he received an encomienda, he, soon noticed that he wasn't on the right side of the story. He thought that the treatment given to the natives wasn't fair. He fought against the abuse of Native Americans, earning the title “Protector of the Indians”. Although some didn't approve the treatment given to the indigenous people most people did. It is actually ironic that the Aztecs used to force other smaller communities to pay taxes and tributes to them, when the situation was