Black Legend

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were well- trusted statesmen, and to lie to the governor of one's nation was considered to be a sin to both the Majesty and to God. Even in the views of those belonging to Spain and the Catholic Church, the Spaniard's attempt to exemplify themselves in the New World was an unjustly and cruel cause.
The main reason for Spain’s barbaric approach to the New World was in attempt to the counter-Reformation. The Spaniards wanted to attract new voices in the Catholic Church by sending missionaries and Jesuits to the New World in order to expand the religion and hopefully bring the end of Protestant Reformation by blocking off all England’s and Europe’s attempt in colonization. Thus, the use of force was needed to conquer new lands and promote God and His Majesty for Spain.
Since the view of the French, English, and even Spanish are used, in my best words I claim the “” to be true. In the words of de Las Casas who he himself was a Catholic Spaniard said ...

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Catholicism was not reached according to Father Juan Rogel in a letter to Pedro I. He claimed that despite great advancements in the modernization of the natives, he was unable to bring them to the understanding about the religion. Since the Indians were on the move 9 of 12 months he was unable to learn the language fully or completely preach to them. And when he did they would constantly make fun of his words. He acknowledged that the only way get them to cooperate were to settle them down and build villages. For if any man was to follow them for 50 years, his message would never get across.

These concrete facts, letters, and personal accounts seem to point at the Spaniards as ...

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