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How does the "Requerimiento" document demonstrate the same goals toward the Native Americans in the New World that Isabella and Ferdinand also applied to Muslims and Jews in Spain?

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Answer: the Requerimiento (Spanish for "requirement" as in "demand") was read to Native Americans to inform them of Spain's rights to conquest. The Spaniards thus considered those who resisted as defying God's plan, and so used Catholic theology to justify their conquest.

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it demanded that conquered people would accept spanish rule and abide to their given laws (which I won't name :) )

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