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Spanish Conversion To Christianity
The Spaniards brought over Christian and they believe they had benevolent power.
Spain requested missionaries to begin the process of conversion to Christianity, a group of Franciscan friars arrived in Mexico to start converting in 1524. A much larger group followed in the following years.
Religion did give limits on European power and help with the fight against slavery. The immediate benefits of Christianity were acknowledged as a population, no human sacrifice and a little support for the end of slavery.
This also meant they should be equal to everyone else but that never happened.

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There were two republics in Mexico he Republica de los Españoles, which governed Europeans, and the Republica de los Indios, which was

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