SHORT WRITTEN ANALYSIS
You will find under the LESSONS tab under Unit One COLONIAL AMERICA TO
1760 in a PDF File entitled “Justifying Conquest.” This features excerpts from a
critique written by a Dominican friar who attacked the Spanish for their abuse of
native peoples. You will read additionally an official response on behalf of the King of
Spain entitled the Requerimiento in which the Spanish crown (the government) offers
a justification for Spain’s conquest.
Write in Microsoft Word a short paper of between one to two pages in which you
explain what you think about the critique that the friar made? To what extent are
you surprised that anyone came out and criticised Spanish abuses of native peoples?
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What do you think about Friar’s willingness to take responsibility for attacking
Spanish abuses amidst a crowd of Conquistadores themselves?
What do you think about the Spanish government’s response offered up on
behalf of King Ferdinand? What do you think about how the King’s justification for
conquest was framed? To what extent did Montecino and the Requerimiento offer two
different approaches to Christianity?
How might a native person like Montezuma have responded to the
Requerimiento?
How might the Anton Montecino have responded to the Requerimiento?
I want to see your reactions, thoughts, and analysis. Guidelines
1) Your response should be around three pages double-spaced.
2) Submit the writing assignment in paragraph form using proper grammar,
punctuation, capitalization and spelling.
3) Any kind of block style is unacceptable. You will indent each paragraph FIVE
spaces or hit the tab key once before beginning a new paragraph. Failure to indent
properly paragraphs will result in an automatic ten-point deduction in your grade.
4) Be complete and use details to back your general statements.
5) These are not collaborative projects. Each student’s work must be his or her own
work. I enforce the college’s code of academic dishonesty to the letter.
6) You will type your name on the upper, right-hand corner.
7) Save the File in Microsoft Word as a .docx file and name the file by your last
name. Any paper submitted in any other format besides Microsoft Word, including a
.pdf file, receives an automatic ZERO.
8) Submit your paper by the DEADLINE in the syllabus under the ASSIGNMENTS
section of the black and white course menu.
1) Your response should be around three pages double-spaced.
2) Submit the writing assignment in paragraph form using proper grammar,
punctuation, capitalization and spelling.
3) Any kind of block style is unacceptable. You will indent each paragraph FIVE
spaces or hit the tab key once before beginning a new paragraph. Failure to indent
properly paragraphs will result in an automatic ten-point deduction in your grade.
4) Be complete and use details to back your general statements.
5) These are not collaborative projects. Each student’s work must be his or her own
work. I enforce the college’s code of academic dishonesty to the letter.
6) You will type your name on the upper, right-hand corner.
7) Save the File in Microsoft Word as a .docx file and name the file by your last
name. Any paper submitted in any other format besides Microsoft Word, including a
.pdf file, receives an automatic ZERO.
8) Submit your paper by the DEADLINE in the syllabus under the ASSIGNMENTS
section of the black and white course menu.
The chapter is linked below. MLA citation is required