A) Briefly explain the point of view expressed by Columbus in the excerpt.
b) Briefly explain what powerful group in Spain, OTHER than the monarchy, Columbus would be appealing to in the above passage.
c) Provide an example of contact between Europeans and the first inhabitants of America that is not consistent with the above passage.

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"I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude toward us because I know that they are people who can be made free and converted to out Holy Faith more by love than by force. I, therefore, gave red caps to some and glass beads to others. They hung the beads around their necks, along with some other things of slight value that I gave them...I wanted my men to take nothing from the people without giving something in exchange."

--Christopher Columbus, Log, October 12, 1492

a) Briefly explain the point of view expressed by Columbus in the excerpt.

b) Briefly explain what powerful group in Spain, OTHER than the monarchy, Columbus would be appealing to in the above passage.

c) Provide an example of contact between Europeans and the first inhabitants of America that is not consistent with the above passage.

A) Columbus claims that his aproach to the natives was meant to be friendly, as if converting them into Christianity and exchanging elements of slight value for what ever it is his men were taking from the indians was somehow an act of love.  

Explanation:

B) Columbus´words would be appealing to the Catholic Church, whose leaders wanted to spread Christianity to the inhabitants of the New World.

C) Contrary to the loving relationship that Columbus described, the Natives were massacred, colonized and stolen of their natural resources.

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