Please help. I give lots of points + Brainliest. Very easy. Which of the following best explains how the Laws of Burgos affected the social hierarchy of the Spanish colonies in the Americas?

They allowed indigenous populations to acquire property and raise their status in Spanish society.

They allowed indigenous populations to maintain traditional societal roles and thus preserve their social status.

They allowed Spanish settlers to reinforce their power and social status despite minimal concessions to indigenous people.

They allowed Spanish settlers to have more power over the indigenous populations and moved Spanish settlers to the top of the social hierarchy.

The Laws of Burgos (Leyes de Burgos), promulgated on 27 December 1512 in Burgos, Crown of Castile (Spain), was the first codified set of laws governing the behavior of Spaniards in the Americas, particularly with regard to the Indigenous people of the Americas.

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The laws of Burgos established the relations between the Spanish settlers in the Americans, and the Native Americans.

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It held that the Spanish monarch had a rightful right over the lands of the Americas that Spain conquered, because he was a representative of Christianity, and spreading Christianity over these "wild lands" made his rule legitimate and necessary.

The laws also held that Native Americans were subjects of rights, and thus, could not be enslaved, and had to be christinianized, but they also had duties: mainly, working for the benefit of the Spanish Crown.

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