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Makers of America: Class discussion and exercises
Makers Of America: The Conquistadores
Chapter 1:
New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.A.D. 1769
Questions for Class Discussion
- Should the Spanish conquistadores be
especially blamed for the cruelties and deaths (including those by disease)
inflicted on the original Indian populations of the Americas? Is it possible
to make such criticisms without falling into the traditional English fallacies
of the black legend?
- What is the long-term significance
for Latin America of the immortality achieved by the conquistadores through
intermarriage with Indian women?
Suggested Student Exercises
- Examine the careers of Hernán Cortés
and Francisco Pizarro in both Spain and the New World, and assess the reasons
for their success.
- Examine some visual portrayals of the
conquests of Mexico and Peru from the past and present, and compare how, over
time, artists of various political outlooks have depicted the conquistadores and
their victims.
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