Includes selected excerpts from Spain's Laws of the Indies and DBQs (reading questions) that ask students to reflect on the laws. The Laws of the Indies is the entire set of laws created by Spain to provide rules for governing its possessions in the New World, including Latin America and the Philippines. They were compiled over 400 years from many decrees issued starting in the 1500s and codified many times, especially in 1680. These laws shaped the way Spanish colonies in the New World were bu