Question

"I have long since learned who you Spanish are through others of you who came years ago to my land; and I already know very well what your customs and behavior are like. To me you are professional vagabonds who wander from place to place, gaining your livelihood by robbing, sacking, and murdering people who have given you no offense. I want no manner of friendship or peace with people such as yo​u, but instead prefer mortal and perpetual hostility. . . . I promise to maintain war upon you so long as you wish to remain in my land. . . .

"I am king in my land, and it is unnecessary for me to become the subject of a person who has no more subjects than I. I regard men as vile and contemptible when they subject themselves to the yoke of someone else when they could instead live as free men. . . . I do not wish to know what your sovereign demands. . . . All of you should go away as quickly as you can if you do not want to perish at my hands."



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Answer 1

Hello. This question is incomplete. you forgot to add this part:

(a) Briefly describe ONE claim made in the excerpt.

(b) Briefly describe ONE historical development illustrated by the excerpt.​

Answer and Explanation:

a. One statement that we can make after reading the text is that the Indians were irritated to be subjugated and exploited by the Spaniards and therefore they wanted them to leave their lands immediately, they did not want their friendship and neither accepted their leadership, but they will fight and even kill to defend yourself.

B. In this excerpt we can one of the factors of the development of Spanish America, where the Spaniards tried to establish their colonies and for that reason they had to deal with exploitation, enslavement and looting with the indigenous people who lived there and were the true owners of the land.