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Atahualpa was the leader of the

Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated.–Bartolomé de las CasasWhich excerpt from the passage best supports Bartolomé’s argument that the Spanish were not behaving as Christians should?

The conquistadors were driven primarily by

Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated, the perpetrators having lost all fear of God . . . and all sense of self-respect.–Bartolomé de las CasasAccording to Bartolomé de las Casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that

Paying tribute included giving gold or human sacrifice victims to a larger, more powerful empire. Which empire forced others to pay tribute?

Why did Spain create missions in the colonies?

In the first Spanish colonies, how did nearly all Indigenous peoples die?

Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the Spanish class system?

Where were the first Spanish colonies located in the Americas?

Which leader was imprisoned by Cortés?