FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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To dissuade (persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action) more Spanish colonizers from waging land wars against them
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To justify their own attempts to colonize the Americas and portray themselves favorably
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To terrify Native Americans into accepting Spanish rule
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why would they want to do that? Answer: Explanation: The Black Legend was a historiographical phenomenon that was made with the main goal of discrediting Spain as the leading European power in the 16th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Non-Spanish European powers used the Black Legend to highlight the unspeakable cruelty the Spanish inflicted on Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Black Legend refers to the idea that the Spanish Empire was only out for its own gain and tells us that during this time, the Spanish were power-hungry conquerors that took what they wanted and had little concern for the natives. The natives are argued to have gained nothing while the Spanish gained everything.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does it reveal about Spanish attitudes toward Native Americans in their colonies?-Spaniards exploited Native Americans to enrich themselves.-Spanish officials looked to Native Americans as future citizens and sources of revenue for the state.-Spaniards often coerced the natives to convert to Catholicism.
Detailed explanation-5: -How would European settlers explain their superiority to Native Americans and justify both the conquest of Native lands and terminating their freedom? Europeans believed they were superior to Native Americans because they had an established government, fixed laws and authority, and believed in one god.