Compare And Contrast The Interaction Between Spanish And Indigenous People

I would use “discovery” and “invasion” to describe the “interaction” between Spanish and indigenous people in the eighty-year period beginning in 1492. On the Spanish side, this was definitely a great “discovery” because they gained a lot of benefits from this “discovery.” Spanish not only robbed amount of gold and silver but also captured slaves to work for them. On the other side, indigenous people did not gain any advantages from this “interaction.” On the contrary, they lost their gold, their land and villages, their freedom, their family and friends, and even their lives. So indigenous people considered this “interaction” as “invasion” because of all these terrible treatments. Spanish and indigenous people had different experiences, so