Queer people were seen as respected people and as healers. Last, the history of the Mexicas is important to understand because they represent the Mexican American identity. The history of the Mexican American identity continues on into the first conquest. The first conquest is when the Spanish conquered the Mexicas. The conquest was very violent and brutal towards the Mexicas. One tool that was used in the conquest was religion. If the Mexicas did not accept Jesus as their savior then they were killed. Another tool that was used was rape. In other words the Mexicas suffered a lot physically and mentally. Moreover, the political structure also changed after the first conquest. Women get removed from their council and the whole political structure that the Mexicas had gets completely removed and gets replaced by leaders of the Spain which were the Queen and King of Spain. Also the introduction of the legal system gets created and this is to limit any rights to the indigenous people. This system created laws that made indigenous people to work for free and for the indigenous people turn into Catholicism. It also became a law to torture indigenous people if
Queer people were seen as respected people and as healers. Last, the history of the Mexicas is important to understand because they represent the Mexican American identity. The history of the Mexican American identity continues on into the first conquest. The first conquest is when the Spanish conquered the Mexicas. The conquest was very violent and brutal towards the Mexicas. One tool that was used in the conquest was religion. If the Mexicas did not accept Jesus as their savior then they were killed. Another tool that was used was rape. In other words the Mexicas suffered a lot physically and mentally. Moreover, the political structure also changed after the first conquest. Women get removed from their council and the whole political structure that the Mexicas had gets completely removed and gets replaced by leaders of the Spain which were the Queen and King of Spain. Also the introduction of the legal system gets created and this is to limit any rights to the indigenous people. This system created laws that made indigenous people to work for free and for the indigenous people turn into Catholicism. It also became a law to torture indigenous people if