The Spanish indeed had great success in conquering the Naive Americans in the Americas. I feel there are many, not just one answer to why this was the case. I feel the main reason was fear, due to the fact that the people of these lands had never seen a white person and such advanced weapons before. Until Sept. of 1492, a white man had never walked these lands, so when the Natives first sited these …showed first 75 words of 230 total…

…showed last 75 words of 230 total…lives from the Spaniards who used to cut their bodies in pieces to test the sharpness of their blades, but there spears and knives were no match to the gun powdered weapons of Europe so they had no choice but to let the Spaniards do as they pleased just so they wouldn't kill off more of there people. For this I feel that the Indians, unfortunately, did not have any chance of resisting Spanish encroachment.