{"id":92,"date":"2015-08-21T17:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/ushistory1os2xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=92"},"modified":"2017-04-05T13:37:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:37:04","slug":"video-the-black-legend-native-americans-and-spaniards","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-americanhistory1\/chapter\/video-the-black-legend-native-americans-and-spaniards\/","title":{"raw":"Video: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards","rendered":"Video: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards"},"content":{"raw":"The Spanish have a long history with the natives of the Americas, and not all of it was positive. The Spanish were definitely not peaceful colonizers, but what colonizers are peaceful? Colonization pretty much always results in an antagonistic relationship with the locals. The video teaches you about early Spanish explorers, settlements, and what happened when they didn't get along with the indigenous people. The story of their rocky relations has been called the Black Legend (which is not a positive legend).\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/6E9WU9TGrec?t=1s\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis is an optional supplement to the course and is not essential for achieving the course objectives.","rendered":"

The Spanish have a long history with the natives of the Americas, and not all of it was positive. The Spanish were definitely not peaceful colonizers, but what colonizers are peaceful? Colonization pretty much always results in an antagonistic relationship with the locals. The video teaches you about early Spanish explorers, settlements, and what happened when they didn’t get along with the indigenous people. The story of their rocky relations has been called the Black Legend (which is not a positive legend).<\/p>\n