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Political Influences By The Catholic Church And Spanish Government In Colonial Mexico, Dorian Barboza Apr 2021

Political Influences By The Catholic Church And Spanish Government In Colonial Mexico, Dorian Barboza

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The land of Mexico prior to colonization was composed of various large cities that upon colonization much of the land became New Spain. During this pre independence era of Mexico’s history the Indians were subjected to many changes in their culture through the Catholic Church and the Spanish Government. Religious conversion was accepted by the Indians as means to stop directed violence to the unconverted. The multidialectal cultures embraced Castilian as a common language that facilitated communication with the Spanish colonizers and between villages. The desire to integrate into the new Catholic and Spanish system gave rise to Indian litigation …