Responce to August 29th reading

The readings provide an interesting glimpse into both inter-colonial competition and indigenous revolt, all of which used religious imagery and beliefs to justify their actions.  The English, as Carlos points out, had economic, political and historical claims to validate intervention in the West Indies. These serve to augment Phillips’ statements of English religious superiority to Spain.  The Pueblo Indians leader, Pope, used a return to indigenous religion as a cure for the famine and oppression the Native Americans were experiencing. The Spanish believed they were providing a valuable religious service to the region.  In turn, the apostate behaviour became in itself a religious cleansing for the Pueblo Indians. Each group is combining political, social, economic and religious motivations.  Is it possible to extract any one of these motivations during this time period?  Would there have been any reason to see these motivations as separate?