Summary of Aulas sin fronteras Ciencias Sociales Segundo Bimestre Semana 7 Clase 1 V4

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This video discusses the Spanish conquest of South America, and the mistreatment of the indigenous people by the Spanish colonists. It covers the opposition to this mistreatment by Bartolomé de las Casas, and the meeting in Valladolid, Spain to discuss the issue. Las Casas argued that the indigenous people were not irrational and barbarous, as the Spanish colonists claimed, but were in fact rational and moral beings with the ability to think and reason. This video discusses the student's recognition of the rationality of the indigenous person and also their right to their freedom.

• 00:00:00 This video discusses the third part of the conquest, which was the conquest of the interior regions of ancient empires, such as Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, and South America. The Germans participated in this conquest, which was in exchange for favors provided to King Carlos I of Spain by the bankers of the House of Wechsler. In 1528, they were granted permission to conquer and exploit the area called Venezuela by American Vespucio. The Wechsler brothers hired this man, Ambrosio Alfínger, and these two men, Bartolomé Sadler, and Finger, founded Maracaibo and penetrated the territory of Colombian Colombia after one year, dying in the hands of the Indians. The Germans dominated Venezuela until the year 546 AD, when King Charles V canceled the concession granted to the Wechsler and turned this territory into a Captaincy General dependent on the Royal Audience of the Holy Sunday. The Chilean conquest was ordered by someone well known to us, the Lord Francisco Pizarro. He entrusted this task to this man, Pedro de Valdivia, who was called Pedro de Mendoza. The Chilean conquest by children was one of the most violent and bloody conquests imaginable. Imagine, then
• 00:05:00 This YouTube video discusses the Father Antonio de Montesinos' opposition to the Spanish colonists' treatment of the indigenous people, and his belief that they should have been allowed to keep their land and wealth. This speech, given in 1511, is one of the earliest public protests against the Spanish colonists' mistreatment of the indigenous people. It states that all of you are guilty of mortal sin and living and dying in slavery to this cruelty. It prompts a reaction from the Crown, which leads to the consideration of the indigenous people's condition. The video explains that, in 1550, the King Carlos fifth decreed a meeting of the government in Valladolid, Spain, to address the injustice of the Spanish government's policies in America. At this meeting, a man named Bartolomé de las Casas appeared and spoke out against the proposals of a man named Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. Las Casas argued that the indigenous people were not irrational and barbarous, as the Spanish colonists claimed, but were in fact rational and moral beings with the ability to think and reason, and possessed the ability to govern and teach good manners to the Spanish colonists. His revolutionary thoughts reached the ears of the Father, and in 1.537, he issued
• 00:10:00 In this video, a student in a sociology class recognizes the rationality of the indigenous person and also their right to their freedom.