Now the population of South America is dominated by Indians and mestizos, and in North America there are few of them. Why?
October 31, 2020 | Education
| The centuries-old dialogue between the Spaniards and Muslims during the reconquest led to a high tolerance for baptized foreigners. Once in America, the conquistadors began to intermarry with American Indians. The French were prone to the same behavior. But the Protestant English in the era of capitalism considered the Indians to be savages and exterminated them in order to secure the new arable land in America for themselves. In addition, the density of the Indian population in North America was initially less than in Mexico and Peru (due to more primitive forms of economy).
