https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6 How does "The Requirement" change your understanding of the Laws of Burgos? Use evidence from both documents and explain how one adds to your understanding of the other. en-us 2020-09-28 19:05:31 UTC 2020-09-30 19:15:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792617171 The Requerimiento conplexified the what the Laws of burgos had said.  Before, one could infere the indiginous people where taken to encomienda's by force.  The indiginoues people were basicly slaves.  And, like the slave owners in the US south, used reliogon to justify it.  But, the requermentio stated that indiengous people had a choice.  This only asks the question what happened if they said no!  It's hard to imagine a situation worse than forced labor in mines, rampaent dieses, and harsh punithments.  This document illistrate how poorly the idiginoues people were treated no matter what they did.  In the end, the Spainish did not care if a person was catholic or "civilized".  No one could avoid unjust treament. 
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]]> 2020-09-30 18:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792617171 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792619155 Due to the Law of Burgos we know there was a lot of backlash for mistreating of the indigenous people. In the Requerimiento it says "Teach them our Holy Faith, and all of these, of their own free will". This would have made me at the time maybe think that the indigenous were not being treated like slaves, but rather as free people given the option to learn Christianity. However it mentions that not following these rules, "we shall powerfully enter into your country, and shall make war against you". This shows that the people were given a free option. At least that's what it makes it seem like. It says you will only be a slave if you disobey christianity. Everything is justified by religion and powerful figures such as God and the Pope.  ]]> 2020-09-30 18:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792619155 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792620046 I think that The Requirement gives context to how the natives reacted to the Laws of Burgos.  This document starts off by describing at length the greatness and virtue of Christianity.  After that, it reaches its ultimatum.  If they decide to conform to Christianity, then they will be left, "free and without servitude" (62), and they will be granted, "privileges and exemptions and ... many benefits" (62).  However, they do not accept this new religion, then they will be invaded, "with the help of God" (62), and forced into servitude.  

This document implies that the natives did not have a good response to the Laws of Burgos.  To them, it would seem like the Spaniards came to their homes, took them away to live and work in a foreign environment, forsake many of their native customs, and "have the lodges of [their] villages burned" (55).  This would obviously invoke a negative and hostile response from the natives, and I think that The Requirement was written in response to this reaction.  It is supposed to give them context for their new life and let them make the choice to convert, though under threat of war and slavery.  I think that offering this choice might also have been made due to backlash from Europe due to the mistreatment and forced conversion of the natives.]]> 2020-09-30 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792620046 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622344 The Retirement makes it clear that the Laws of Burgos were about religion and taking over the land. The Laws of Burgos were clearly about religon, such as when it said that there had to be a church with "an image of Our Lady and  bell with which to call the Indians to prayer" but it didn't mention much about conquering. The Requirement mentions conquering as well as faith. It says to the Native people who don't obey the Spanish "I certify to you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully inter into your country, and shall make war against you in all ways and manners that we can, and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church.." This makes it clear the reason the Spanish people came to America was for conquering it as well as converting people. ]]> 2020-09-30 18:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622344 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622608 El Requiremento(1513), seems to suggest that many people were not happy with what the Spanish and the pope were doing. After a year of the Laws of Burgos. After reading the Requirement I personally have come to the conclusion that the laws of barges was simply not working nor satisfying the people. "I certify to you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully enter into your country,". Now people had to join the church but had some more freedom. Joseph]]> 2020-09-30 18:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622608 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622882 The requirement states that the Highnesses will, "...teach the our holy faith; and all of these, of their own free will, without any reward or condition..."(62). This statement makes the change from forcing Indians to convert to Christianity, to letting them choose to learn about or convert to Christianity. In the Laws of Burgos, Indians are required to learn about Christianity and spend time dedicated to learning, whereas in The Requirement it is stated that they can choose, giving the Indians more religious freedom. ]]> 2020-09-30 18:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792622882 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792628788 The requiremiento shows that the Spanish became more aggressive with their conversion tactics when it says that if the Indians do not accept Christianity, the Spanish will "powerfully enter [their] country, and shall make war against [them] in all manners...". In the Laws of Burgos, the Spanish allowed the Indians some freedoms and withheld them if they didn't participate in the indoctrination whereas, in the requiremiento, the Spanish wanted the Indians to convert right away or else they would wage total war on the Indians after just meeting them. The laws of Burgos seem like a system to slowly incorporate Christianity into Indian culture while the requiremiento feels like an ultimatum. This shift in attitude towards the Indians implies that the Spanish became impatient with the Laws of Burgos and wanted something more direct and instant.]]> 2020-09-30 18:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792628788 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792630272 the requirement tells natives to consider converting to christianity, and even if they don't they still get freedom. however, at the same time it says that if they don't, their country will be taken over and they will lose their freedom. in the laws of burgos, it shows how little freedom they really have with the many restrictions they put on the native people.]]> 2020-09-30 18:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792630272 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792643896 The Laws of Burgos treats religion as something the spaniards have graciously allowed the "Indians" to do, however they were quite adamant about it. In the Laws it doesn't give them a choice. However, in El Requerimiento, it does. "If you do not [accept religion], and maliciously make delay on it, I certify you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully enter your country, and shall make war" - Miles ]]> 2020-09-30 18:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792643896 https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792661975 The requirements of the Burgos are very strict about how one must treat Indians, and what steps to follow in order to indoctrinate them into Christianity, they were technically allowed religious freedom. For example on page 57 they are allowed to perform their dances as long as they still do their normal amount of work. However they also are enslaved, and will have their houses burned down since they are now "converted" and will no longer need to live in them. ]]> 2020-09-30 18:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eschewe/59rptq6mlrfctyp6/wish/792661975