Columbus And The Conquest Of The New World Essay
“The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World”
1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence, squalor, treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox, also many people contracted measles, influenza, typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t move to the cities then the cities would be empty and become extinct because all of their people died. The great disparity that existed between the rich and the poor was that the rich ate their food while many hungry people were watching them. The …show more content…
rest of the poor population starved while they witnessed the rich people devouring food. Many people had starved to death.
2. The quality of life was better in the countryside. There were crimes on almost every street in the city. Many individuals robbed people by dropping a heavy object on another person’s head from a few stories up and would run down and rob their pockets when the person was knocked out. Life in the countryside was much calmer. Many Europeans turned on each other during the witchcraft era because they could not trust anyone completely beside themselves. Many people were executed due to participating in Satanic activities.
3. There were perceived needs that preoccupied the wealthy. The wealthy people wanted even more wealth so they hungered after gold and silver. They wanted Christopher Columbus to find a new, more regular, and cheaper supply of gold for Eastern Europe. The native people that coulombs encountered did in fact have an abundance of gold.
4. Colombus had many first impressions about the new land he discovered. The two lands he discovered he named Juana, which is Cuba and La Spanola that is now known to us as Hispaniola. Colombus described Juana as having many rivers, many sierras and a lot of very high mountains. There were also many birds, palm tress, and a great variety of fruits. He described La Spanola as marvelous. Columbus stated that all of the mountains, plains and meadows were beautiful. La Spanola was also rich for plating, and had livestock of every kind. He also said that the people on these islands all go naked. Colombus went to islands al throughout the Caribbean and planted a cross at each spot. Every time the Spanish encountered a native person they were ordered to read the Indians a speech and tell them about the truth of Christianity.
5. The requerimiento was only an excuse to treat the native people bad because after they were put in chains an individual read the requerimiento to them without even knowing the language that they spoke. So since the native people couldn’t understand the language that the requerimiento was read to them in they had absolutely no way to reply. Since they couldn’t reply they were carried away to be prisoners immediately. The disease that killed so many Native Americans was influenza carried by the Canary Island pigs. Native people were never exposed to the swine influenza before so their immune systems were not able to fight it off unlike the Spanish people.
6. Yes, the words genocide and holocaust definitely apply to what the Spanish people did to the natives that they had encountered. I think that the greed for gold and the unconscious disregard for human life both motivated the Spanish to do these horrible actions to the natives. The Spanish people really wanted more gold even though they were already really wealthy but I believe that they were also just trying to gain power over the native people. They read the requerimiento to the natives in a language that they could not understand just so that they would be sent to be prisoners.
“From these Beginnings”
1. The sixteenth century immigrants that came to America had characteristics in common. The wilderness was what united them all. The wilderness that they seen was nothing like they had ever seen before. The mountains, endless pains, and especially the pacific astonished them.
2. Conditions fueled emigrants to the colonies for a number of reasons. There were public hangings, bull baiting, cockfighting and other terrible acts going on during this time. Since these terrible circumstances were happening the people were willing to emigrate almost anywhere. They emigrated to the colonies since there was a growing need for labor. The system of indenture was when both men and women agreed to be servants for a master in exchange for getting a place to live and food. These individuals wanted to do this so that they could get away from England and the troubles that were there. A lot of times this system was abused. All of the felons, rogues and vagabonds came to America sine they were so alienated from their dominate culture.
3. In between the years of 1661 and 1700 many felons were transported to the colonies. They were transported to Virginia to take the place of the settlers who died from diseases. If the convicts arrived safely they were bound into being a servant for seven or fourteen years, but sometimes the colonists bid for the most liked convicts. The system of indenture discriminated against women because since the women couldn’t perform as well as the men the women were given away if no one took them. Also, if a female servant became pregnant during her service she was sent home.
4. I think that the colonies were not overwhelmed because most of the criminals didn’t stay criminals. A lot of the criminals went into the job market. Most criminals back in the day were not as bad as the criminals are today. Back then a person could be considered a criminal just for stealing a loaf of bread or some milk. I think that the colonial protest against English high-handedness eventually culminated into the Boston Tea Party.
5. I think that these immigrants were less likely to be punishes as severely if they were converted into Christians. I think that the felons would be left alone if they were converted into Christians and follow God.
“The Deerfield Massacre”
1.
The Deerfield massacre was symbolic of the struggle between England and France for supremacy in North America because during what was known as the “Deerfield massacre” the French-led Indians killed and attacking everyone they came across. The town went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning to a tragedy. Most of the people in Deerfield fled by jumping out windows of off their roofs. The men in Deerfield couldn’t put up a good fight against all the Indians. I think that the Indians sided with the French because they both hated the English.
2. I would say that the little down of Deerfield was definitely an isolated and defenseless town. The population in this town was very small. All of the people living in this town tried to flee from the massacre that was happening. Some men tried to fight the Indians back but there were just not enough men to do so. I think that the French and Indians hoped to gain victory. I think that they were aiming to take the captives and to also destroy the whole village, which is exactly what they did. I would say the raid was definitely a success for the French and Indian forces. The French came out on top after the raid because they unsettled the English
colonies.
3. John Williams was a minister in his community. John suffered many insults at the hands of his Indian captors. The Indians took Williams guns and took all his clothes off besides his shirt. The Indians also made Johns wife and children get undressed. The Indians then took the family outside to see all the houses that were in flames. I think that the Indians took the captives because the French and British were fighting. The French soldiers and their Native Americans raided and attacked Deerfield.
4. Eunice Williams became as famous as her father because she declined to return back home and spent the rest of her life amongst the Indians. Eunice then married a Native American man and had a family with him. I think that Eunice and fifteen of her fellow captives enjoyed life better alongside the Indians. Eunice and the other captives traveled with the Indians until they approached a big town, nothing like Eunice had seen before. The individuals that Eunice had met in the town told her that she should live there and be formally adopted. They gave her new clothes, did her hair and much more. After being with the Indians for so long away from her hometown Eunice no longer felt English and wanted to be like the other Kahnawake girls. A Mohawk family formally adopted Eunice.
1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence, squalor, treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox, also many people contracted measles, influenza, typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t move to the cities then the cities would be empty and become extinct because all of their people died. The great disparity that existed between the rich and the poor was that the rich ate their food while many hungry people were watching them. The …show more content…
rest of the poor population starved while they witnessed the rich people devouring food. Many people had starved to death.
2. The quality of life was better in the countryside. There were crimes on almost every street in the city. Many individuals robbed people by dropping a heavy object on another person’s head from a few stories up and would run down and rob their pockets when the person was knocked out. Life in the countryside was much calmer. Many Europeans turned on each other during the witchcraft era because they could not trust anyone completely beside themselves. Many people were executed due to participating in Satanic activities.
3. There were perceived needs that preoccupied the wealthy. The wealthy people wanted even more wealth so they hungered after gold and silver. They wanted Christopher Columbus to find a new, more regular, and cheaper supply of gold for Eastern Europe. The native people that coulombs encountered did in fact have an abundance of gold.
4. Colombus had many first impressions about the new land he discovered. The two lands he discovered he named Juana, which is Cuba and La Spanola that is now known to us as Hispaniola. Colombus described Juana as having many rivers, many sierras and a lot of very high mountains. There were also many birds, palm tress, and a great variety of fruits. He described La Spanola as marvelous. Columbus stated that all of the mountains, plains and meadows were beautiful. La Spanola was also rich for plating, and had livestock of every kind. He also said that the people on these islands all go naked. Colombus went to islands al throughout the Caribbean and planted a cross at each spot. Every time the Spanish encountered a native person they were ordered to read the Indians a speech and tell them about the truth of Christianity.
5. The requerimiento was only an excuse to treat the native people bad because after they were put in chains an individual read the requerimiento to them without even knowing the language that they spoke. So since the native people couldn’t understand the language that the requerimiento was read to them in they had absolutely no way to reply. Since they couldn’t reply they were carried away to be prisoners immediately. The disease that killed so many Native Americans was influenza carried by the Canary Island pigs. Native people were never exposed to the swine influenza before so their immune systems were not able to fight it off unlike the Spanish people.
6. Yes, the words genocide and holocaust definitely apply to what the Spanish people did to the natives that they had encountered. I think that the greed for gold and the unconscious disregard for human life both motivated the Spanish to do these horrible actions to the natives. The Spanish people really wanted more gold even though they were already really wealthy but I believe that they were also just trying to gain power over the native people. They read the requerimiento to the natives in a language that they could not understand just so that they would be sent to be prisoners.
“From these Beginnings”
1. The sixteenth century immigrants that came to America had characteristics in common. The wilderness was what united them all. The wilderness that they seen was nothing like they had ever seen before. The mountains, endless pains, and especially the pacific astonished them.
2. Conditions fueled emigrants to the colonies for a number of reasons. There were public hangings, bull baiting, cockfighting and other terrible acts going on during this time. Since these terrible circumstances were happening the people were willing to emigrate almost anywhere. They emigrated to the colonies since there was a growing need for labor. The system of indenture was when both men and women agreed to be servants for a master in exchange for getting a place to live and food. These individuals wanted to do this so that they could get away from England and the troubles that were there. A lot of times this system was abused. All of the felons, rogues and vagabonds came to America sine they were so alienated from their dominate culture.
3. In between the years of 1661 and 1700 many felons were transported to the colonies. They were transported to Virginia to take the place of the settlers who died from diseases. If the convicts arrived safely they were bound into being a servant for seven or fourteen years, but sometimes the colonists bid for the most liked convicts. The system of indenture discriminated against women because since the women couldn’t perform as well as the men the women were given away if no one took them. Also, if a female servant became pregnant during her service she was sent home.
4. I think that the colonies were not overwhelmed because most of the criminals didn’t stay criminals. A lot of the criminals went into the job market. Most criminals back in the day were not as bad as the criminals are today. Back then a person could be considered a criminal just for stealing a loaf of bread or some milk. I think that the colonial protest against English high-handedness eventually culminated into the Boston Tea Party.
5. I think that these immigrants were less likely to be punishes as severely if they were converted into Christians. I think that the felons would be left alone if they were converted into Christians and follow God.
“The Deerfield Massacre”
1.
The Deerfield massacre was symbolic of the struggle between England and France for supremacy in North America because during what was known as the “Deerfield massacre” the French-led Indians killed and attacking everyone they came across. The town went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning to a tragedy. Most of the people in Deerfield fled by jumping out windows of off their roofs. The men in Deerfield couldn’t put up a good fight against all the Indians. I think that the Indians sided with the French because they both hated the English.
2. I would say that the little down of Deerfield was definitely an isolated and defenseless town. The population in this town was very small. All of the people living in this town tried to flee from the massacre that was happening. Some men tried to fight the Indians back but there were just not enough men to do so. I think that the French and Indians hoped to gain victory. I think that they were aiming to take the captives and to also destroy the whole village, which is exactly what they did. I would say the raid was definitely a success for the French and Indian forces. The French came out on top after the raid because they unsettled the English
colonies.
3. John Williams was a minister in his community. John suffered many insults at the hands of his Indian captors. The Indians took Williams guns and took all his clothes off besides his shirt. The Indians also made Johns wife and children get undressed. The Indians then took the family outside to see all the houses that were in flames. I think that the Indians took the captives because the French and British were fighting. The French soldiers and their Native Americans raided and attacked Deerfield.
4. Eunice Williams became as famous as her father because she declined to return back home and spent the rest of her life amongst the Indians. Eunice then married a Native American man and had a family with him. I think that Eunice and fifteen of her fellow captives enjoyed life better alongside the Indians. Eunice and the other captives traveled with the Indians until they approached a big town, nothing like Eunice had seen before. The individuals that Eunice had met in the town told her that she should live there and be formally adopted. They gave her new clothes, did her hair and much more. After being with the Indians for so long away from her hometown Eunice no longer felt English and wanted to be like the other Kahnawake girls. A Mohawk family formally adopted Eunice.