What do you think about the Spanish government’s response offered up onbehalf of King Ferdinand?
This features excerpts from acritique written by a Dominican friar who attacked the Spanish for their abuse ofnative peoples. You will read additionally an official response on behalf of the King ofSpain entitled the Requerimiento in which the Spanish crown (the government) offersa justification for Spain’s conquest. Write in Microsoft Word a short paper of between one to two pages in which youexplain what you think about the critique that the friar made? To what extent areyou surprised that anyone came out and criticised Spanish abuses of native peoples? What do you think about the Spanish government’s response offered up onbehalf of King Ferdinand? What do you think about how the King’s justification forconquest was framed? To what extent did Montecino and the Requerimiento offer twodifferent approaches to Christianity? How might a native person like Montezuma have responded to theRequerimiento? How might the Anton Montecino have responded to the Requerimiento?
