3. How did the fact that other countries in Europe had strong rulers affect Italy’s fate? Compare and contrast the king of Spain’s treatment of Italy with that of the king of France.…
About 5000 B.C. hunter-gatherers in highland Mexico developed a wild grass into the staple crop of corn, which became the foundations of the Aztec and Inca nation-states that eventually emerged…
- Virginia Company received a charter from King James in 1606 to make a settlement in the New World. Such joint-stock companies usually did not exist long, as stockholders invested hopes to form the company, turn a profit, and then quickly sell for profit a few years later. The charter of the Virginia Company guaranteed settlers the same rights as Englishmen in Britain.…
If they have kept a friendly relationship and approached such specific and unknowing matters so slowly, their relationship would have stayed and progressed to a strong alliance. The European lifestyle truly mad violence inevitable. Their sudden intimidating approaches seemed to happen rapidly and the events just happened too much at one time. A lot of changes occurred in a specific, short amount of time. Spain would have a stronger alliance with a tribe from North America making them a stronger and wealthier empire.…
europeans were never able to “settle” in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, or much of Africa*…
During the 15th and 16th century there was a large amount of conquistadors who took over huge amounts of North America through force. The two most influential must be Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes, who took control of what later became the United States of America and Mexico. In 1492 Columbus sets out on his first journey searching for a trade route to Asia through the west. However instead of finding Asia when he hits land, he is surprised to have found a new continent. Columbus then returns to Spain to tell his king of the discovery he has made. This starts the mad rush for Gold, God and Glory that spreads through Europe for the next several hundred years. In this rush for Gold, God and Glory another explorer by the name of Hernan Cortes sets sail on his quest to conquer Mexico, even after the governor of Cuba cancelled the mission. Cortes wasn’t concerned about what governor Velazquez because he had his eyes set on the Glory that came with being the one to conquer and control Mexico. Both Columbus and Cortes did things that they believed was best for their country, whether it was morally right or not.…
C) Conquered nations rose up against Spain and Portugal, requiring large forces to suppress them.…
Starting with the Christopher Columbus’ voyages to the Americas in the late 15th century, European powers sought to explore, colonize, and find valuable resources within the New World. This source, a letter, was written in 1519 in the city of Tascalteca by the Conquistador Hernan Cortes to the Spanish King Charles IV. At first it seems unusual that he would be writing to the king as his expedition was called off; Cortes is practically writing to his superiors about how he is defying orders given to him. It is possible, however, that after the overall success of the trip, Charles IV let Cortes’ potential transgressions slide. Usually, the expeditions from the Spanish crown were both ordered and funded by the empire or royalty, but this explorations…
Used their gained power from trading to keep a centralized state and their people tightly controlled.…
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on one of the most famous voyages in human history. He was attempting to become the first person to ever reach the East Indies by way of travelling west across the Atlantic to get there. To get to the Indies at the time required one to travel eastward around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Earth was considered by many to be flat and that by travelling west, Columbus would simply fall off the face of the earth. Columbus rejected this theory and set about to prove that he could reach the Indies faster then ever before by going west. He requested funding from various governments and royals, but no one granted him any funds. After years of trying, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I decided to sponsor him on his voyage. He was given three ships: La Niña, La Pinta, and La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción. These ships would change the course of human history forever. On August 3rd, 1492, Columbus began his voyage across the Atlantic. A little over two months later on October 12th, what is probably present day Watlings Island was discovered by Columbus and named San Salvador. He claimed San Salvador for the royal crown of Spain. After this initial discovery, Columbus attempted on numerous voyages to set up a permanent settlement for Spain. His attempts at building a colony failed however, due to the local Native Americans destroying his fort and murdering all within. The Natives felt that the Spanish were taking their land from them, so they rebelled. After numerous years of trying, Columbus finally got a permanent settlement started and what is known as the colonization of the New World began. Unfortunately, Columbus’s arrival in the New World was more like an invasion for those already inhabiting it. His discovery of the New World should be referred to as an “invasion” due to the diseases brought over by the Spanish, how the Spanish thought of and behaved…
Christopher Columbus’ claim to fame is discovering the New World, but he did so in a serendipitous fashion and completely unbeknownst to him. At the time, many countries were in search of valuable routes to India, which bypassed the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa. When Columbus set sail in 1492 to find one of these heralded trade routes, he stumbled upon one of the greatest discoveries in history: the New World. Without hesitation, Columbus wrote to his benefactors and sovereign the King and Queen of Spain to praise the many riches of the islands he uncovered.…
During the late 14th century, Europeans had occupied themselves in a severe and demanding exploration of the unknown world that surrounded them. They were very curious as to what they could find. One of the biggest findings European sailors eventually discovered was a connection of the Old World (Europe) and the New World (the Americas). This was called “The Columbian Exchange.”…
The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case, the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez, both of which are from Spain, and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas, it is important to understand why they even traveled their to begin with. Although some think they traveled out of curiosity, the Spanish explorers were motivated to leave home and conquer the Americas because of riches and possessions, obtaining new land for Spain, and to spread the religion of Christianity.…
The Spaniards began their colonization around 1492. The most famous exploration was Christopher Columbus’. He was attempting to find a direct route to India by going westward. Instead of finding India, he landed in the Caribbeans. He opened up the horizons for the likes of Pizarro and Cortes to come into the Americas and begin conquest. They used the…
never found. On the other hand, Spanish colonization of Central and South America began with…