Spanish Colonial Rule - Law and Religion

Spanish compound overtop affected roughly every aspect of Indian spirit. It dismantled political structures and change communities by taking tenuous villages into make them into larger social. And by establishing a community scratch then came the physical building of one. Hence Spanish rule taking control, economic eachy, by grant labor and testimonial from the aborigine population. Such labor was unavoidable for the construction of palaces, churches, waterworks, and roads all necessary to establish a Spanish dominating force. Spanish alike asserted their hegemony by taking control of monumental amounts of land taken from the autochthonic population. Increasing demand for tribute payments led to Indians selling, renting, and pawning of property, and even in the end led to indebtedness in wills for the endemical population. \nThe Spanish compound system could not entirely dominate by force. The indigenous population was too abundant and culturally diverse. Thus where fore the Spanish created their legal system. Indian records show that litigants of justnesssuits consistently went to Spanish officials when Indian officials do decisions against them. The bridal and use of Spanish law by the Indians only made the control stronger. Religion to a fault played a full-grown part of Spanish compound rule. The Spanish were smart and were tenacious about converting the natives to their religion. It was just another(prenominal) form of control. This caused the natives to practice their beliefs at home and their new Christian beliefs out in common and eventually the two merged into a dual apparitional system. And by doing this it became natural and was a part of their life and customs. By using religion as a hegemony tool the Spanish were able to reconstruct the Indians stylus of life according to their rules. \nSpanish Colonial rule was also able to breach through and through the Indians public life, with state laws and became a part of their pri vate life through the church. And it was through religion that they to...