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Las Casas’s Background

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1 Las Casas’s Background
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS 1531,1534 and 1535 Las Casas published 3 long letters to the Council of the Indies accusing the conquistadors of oppressing the Indians 1537 Las Casas published ‘The Only Way’ promoting the peaceful evangelisation of the Indians A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 1542 1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Las Casas's petitioning influenced Charles I's announcement of the New Laws on 20 November 1542

2 THE NEW LAWS 1542 Spanish Colonists Viceroys Charles I
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Laws that Spanish colonist would have been unhappy with: 1.________________________________________________________________________________________ Why________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Consequences of the New Laws Spanish Colonists Viceroys Charles I


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