2. Is there any information in his letter that he did not actually observe? How do you reconcile this fact with the idea that this is a primary source? Can a document be partially primary and partially secondary? (i.e., written by someone who did not witness the events or experience the emotion?)…
Freturned back to Spain. Even though he did not find was he was seeking, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado still managed to discover some pretty interesting things even if he didn't even know it.…
Have you ever wondered who Santa Anna was? You might have heard his name in history class,but do you know everything about him?…
Alejandro de la Fuente is writing an argument on slavery with different point of view, narrating a debate based on the Law in Latin America. The different prespectives are from Tannenbaum who is well known as a big influence during slavery, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara and Maria Elena Diaz. The author started with a confession about what he thinks of the work that this people have done and explaining their position and point of view. Slave opportunites such as slave codes, immigration and education, were part of this debate. To fiish the main claim of his article, the author gave an example of how slaves who claim their priorities gain a little of victory making an impact in the administration of justice, in this case, the local justice. Even…
It was better that a little blood should be shed that much blood should be saved. “The blood that was shed was bad blood; the blood that was saved was good blood.” (http://www.azquotes.com/author/19738-Porfirio_Diaz)…
The way that Cabeza de Vaca survived that he used his ways of thinking like his way to heal people and his wilderness skills and his respect for native americans to help him get back home.…
During his captivity and enslavement among Native Americans, Alva Nunez fully fledged varied gradations of slavery during a series of overlapping cultural contexts. In every case, he and 3 alternative extant members of the shipwrecked Narvaez expedition mediate power relations with their captors with variable degrees of success and failure, rewriting pictures of self and alternative by forming and manipulating complicated social connections in distinct settings. In another reversal of power, he became a captive once more, in remission for alleged misconduct, he was came back to European country bound and condemned to 5 years of penal slavery during a Spanish jail colony. The sentence was commuted, however he was prohibited forever from returning…
The book “A Land So Strange” by Andrés Reséndez basically illustrates 8 years of long odyssey from what is now Tampa, Florida to Mexico City on Cabeza de Vaca’s perspective. Cabaza de Vaca along with his companions named Andres Dorante, Alonso del Castillo, and Estebanico, are survivors of failed expedition to New World from Spain during 16th century. Unlike other members from the expedition, these four members found a way to live with native Indian tribes to survive. They were slaves of Indians and treated cruelly all the time. However, after long period of time of being slaves, they decided to make escape to Spanish territory. During their fugitive period, they had chance to help injured Indians. Their knowledge of certain medicine, illness, and strong belief in Christianity helped promoted themselves to holy shamans whom many of native Indian obey and follow. They were able to get enough food and place to sleep during their journey to find Spain territory in America, and also followed by prodigious amount of Indians. As a result, these survivors changed his view on Indians and New World.…
Hernan Cortes sailed the vast, deep, blue ocean throughout his life, searching for land, money and power. The astonishing leader born in Spain in 1485 developed many armies and navigated through rough terrain. To many people he was respected, although feared a good leader. Hernan Cortes was an accomplished conquistador who improvised leadership by overpowering the Aztecs, which affected the country of Mexico for their language and religion by spreading the culture of Spain to Mexico.…
About twenty-six Mexican men risked their lives on the journey to cross the deadly desert to the United States. As their “coyote”, Jesus Mendez was paid to guide the men (referred to as “walkers”). By the end of the journey, fourteen men had died while Mendez and the rest of the twelve men survived. As a result, Mendez was charged and tried for 16 years in prison for manslaughter; however, the walkers were aware of the risk they were taking so Mendez shouldn’t have been responsible for their deaths and charged with manslaughter.…
The Skinny Bear- The natives poisoned a bear with lethal poison in darts and the bear walked away with carrying dead with him, later some conquistadores found the bear and ate the poison meat and they all died from poisoning. The young people at Guadalupe in the 60’s, was the first generation to truly have an identity of its own. There was a group called “thee Group B”, which included many of the sons of Guadalupe, organized gatherings and parties, unaware of…
“Tengo Puerto Rico en mi corazón” (“I have Puerto Rico in my heart”), Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez said this because he had a lot of feelings for his nationality he helped many puertoriquenas to gain power and overcome more in life. Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez was born august 8,1948 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to jibaro parents. His mother Eugenia Rodriguez arrived from Puerto Rico in 1949 and took Jose to New York City, then to a migrant camp near Boston where they were reunited with José's father, Antonio Jiménez. Then they finally moved to Chicago. Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords as a national human rights movement. It was found in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago on September 23,1968. Jose Jimenez was important because he helped many people with their human rights, gain power and respect, and speak up for themselves.…
De Vaca accomplished the impossible, he walked day and night along with his men all the way through America making it to Mexico. He discovered Mexico after eight years of suffering and walking from Florida all through America. His ships were wrecked thus ending in his men drifting apart, this happened more than once. In the end the only survivors were De Vaca and three of his men, with persistence and hard work they made it to Mexico. The characteristic I admire the most about De Vaca is that through though or good times he never gave up on his expedition and kept and optimistic view. How often do you find a man so determined to get what he wants he walks for eight years of his life , not knowing what was ahead of him everyday?…
Over 100 years later after Hernando de Soto's discovery, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet went on an expedition to spread Christianity to the Native Americans and explore the unsettled territory of North America, starting from the Great Lakes region to the guld of Mexico. During their voyage south, they talked to local Native tribes and mapped the regions.…
He brought back goats, sheep, cattle, camels, chickens, pigs, horses, and dogs. Francisco Pizzaro and Hernando De Soto had also helped contribute to the finding of these animals. The Europeans didn’t hesitate to put these animals to work. The horses were used for their speed, as carriers of information, and in battle. It was said that they were useful in battle because the natives were intimidated by them for their speed and size. The cattle and the camels were used for their meat. They had also used the cattle for their hide. The Europeans weren’t the only people that had uses for the animals. The Native Americans also had some ideas in mind. They had discovered dogs, a couple breeds of South American camels, guinea pigs, and different types of birds. Many of these animals were used for their meat and hides. The dogs were used for tribe pets, sometimes as a food source, and especially for hunting food for the…