Indigenous people of central and south america and colonism
The indigenous people of Central and South America suffered horrible injustices from the Spaniards. First the Spaniards infected the indigenous people with disease to which the indigenous people had no immunities. ... The Spanish were able to conquer Central and South America because of several reasons. The most significant reason of the indigenous people’s destruction was small pox. ... Small pox rapidly spread beyond the capital, raced through Mexico, and carried off so many people that Aztec society was unable to function. ... 597) Another reason being that the indigenous people thought that the Spaniards were gods. ... The Spaniards were surviving the epidemic and they had advance technology, so the indigenous people could only assume that they were gods. The last reason being that the indigenous people were not united. ... It permitted Spaniards to use indigenous people as labors and to collect tribute from them in exchange the Spaniards were to protect the indigenous people and get them to convert to Christianity.