One way was threatening their religion. The Spanish threatened that if the Natives did not join their religion, they would start a war against them, take their wives and children and make them slaves, take everything they had and do as much damage as possible. Yes, getting people to join your religion was a good thing, and could be viewed as progress, but is it really progress if you have to threaten people the way they did just to gain followers? The very religion the Spanish wanted the natives to join, outlaws many of the things the Spanish threatened the Natives with, had they not joined. If progress is a gradual betterment, then this act of cruelty should not be viewed as progress. The culture had already been built in the Aztec empire. The Aztec empire was at equal if not a better place than the Spanish were when they arrived. Threatening the Natives with slavery and death and making them join a certain religion is a step backwards, not a step forwards. Not only
One way was threatening their religion. The Spanish threatened that if the Natives did not join their religion, they would start a war against them, take their wives and children and make them slaves, take everything they had and do as much damage as possible. Yes, getting people to join your religion was a good thing, and could be viewed as progress, but is it really progress if you have to threaten people the way they did just to gain followers? The very religion the Spanish wanted the natives to join, outlaws many of the things the Spanish threatened the Natives with, had they not joined. If progress is a gradual betterment, then this act of cruelty should not be viewed as progress. The culture had already been built in the Aztec empire. The Aztec empire was at equal if not a better place than the Spanish were when they arrived. Threatening the Natives with slavery and death and making them join a certain religion is a step backwards, not a step forwards. Not only