Native discontent with the Spaniards continued and expanded. It was expressed in a decade of growing withdrawals from alliance and cooperation (69).

As colonialism continued, epidemic disease, individual abuses, and war took its toll on society. Increasingly, indigenous peoples looked to the Spanish authority to defend their interests while at the same time, harbored negative feelings towards this seemingly negative dependency. This dominion "provoked a reassessment of native policies towards the colonials" (47). In response to the inadequate treatment of the Indians, especially those in the labor force, a Spanish imperial council created statutes called New Laws in 1542, which were designed to put a stop to cruelties inflicted on the Native Americans. However, the New Laws were never put into effect.

Overall, despite the economic prosperi

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