Las Casass Background BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS 1531

Las Casas’s Background BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS 1531, 1 53 Las Cas 4 and 1535 as publi shed 3 long lett Council ers to the of the In dies accusin conquis g the tadors of oppres sing th e Indians 15 Las Cas 37 as publi shed ‘The On ly promo Way’ ting the peace evange ful lisatio the Ind n of ians A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 1542 1. ______________________________________________________ 2____________________________________________________ 3____________________________________________________ Las Casas's petitioning influenced Charles I's announcement of the New Laws on 20 November 1542

THE NEW LAWS 1542 New Laws 1542 _________________ _________________ Laws that Spanish colonist would have been unhappy with: 1. ____________________________________________ Why_____________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ Why_____________________________________________ Consequences of the New Laws Spanish Colonists Viceroys Charles I