POLC71H3 Lecture : POLB71 Jan. 8.docx
17 Apr 2013
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How do you prevent the state from becoming despotic. Limit government: rule of law and individual rights. He theorized about the significance of the conquest of the americas. Turning point in the growth of european domination. Sparks debates about cultural difference and domination. Enciomeda: the system of granting indians to spanish settlers for forced labor. Requiermiento: declaration informing the indians hat they accept the authority of the pope of the spanish would wage war against them. Thomism: the philosophy of st. thomas aquinas, which synthesized christian. Proponent of thomisn (the natural lae theories of thomas aquinas) Political consultant (asked by the holy roman emperor charles v about the treatment of indigenous peoples) The debate over the conquest of the americas. Conquistadores: domination is necessary to christianize the natives. Opened up mines, demanded 25 ducats from natives or there would be consequences. No independent separate state to ensure fair treatment of indigenous peoples.
