(wk 5A) The colonization part II

The colonization was no easy job, now that many tribes were not willing to give up their lands to the colons, who offered them peace in exchange of “obedience”. Although, the ones that did accepted this “deal” became slaves, who had, by law, to be educated. That education meant that they had to learn “good manners”, Spanish and catholic religion. Once they had this knowledge, they weren`t allowed to make use of their language, religions or anything that belonged to their past.
The tribes that didn`t accept the colons conditions were murdered, or, in the best of the cases, only the most important people, the leaders, of the tribe were assassinated, so that the rest had no other choice than to join the colons regime. The Natives and even the entire tribes that escaped successfully, started killing, not only the colons, but also the natives that had betrayed them by joining the new comers.
At this rhythm, many tribes disappeared, and with them so did many languages, rituals and habits, because, besides the natives no one was interested on keeping memory of the history of the civilizations that habited America. Apart from ending with the tribes and memories the Europeans also “reformed” their constructions, which reduces further the knowledge we have from the native`s form of life.
The Colons organized themselves living in huge mansions filled of slaves, who could be black people, natives, which lead to all the different “combination” of races, called “mestisaje”, during this period. Each race had to deal with a different level of discrimination coming from the white people, and the biggest doses of discrimination were for the natives.
And this is how the Europeans that had nothing in Europe, came to America to get fortune and live like kings at the coast of the suffering, pain and blood of thousands of natives who, sadly, only until now in “los nuevos procesos de globalizacion de los tiempos recientes les han puesto en el camino difuso de su reconstriccion”.