Who would have been the most critical of the activities carried out by the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas?
A) Ferdinand and Isabellla
B) Bartolomé de las Casas
C) Hernán Cortés
D) Francisco Pizarro

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Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish Dominican friar who was highly critical of the treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadors. He advocated for their rights and argued that they should not be treated as slaves. His writings and activism played a significant role in the development of Spanish colonial policy towards the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Ferdinand and Isabella were the monarchs who authorized the voyages of Christopher Columbus but did not have first-hand knowledge of the activities of the conquistadors. Cortés and Pizarro were both conquistadors who were involved in the conquest of the Americas and were not critical of their own activities.

Who Would Have Been the Most Critical of the Activities