about North America are written in this period. European writings describe the explorers’ travels and impressions of the continent and its Native people. Major Writers or Works Prose: Christopher Columbus‚ Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca‚ Bernal Diaz del Castillo‚ Thomas Harriot‚ and Samuel de Champlain. Oral narratives: Seneca legend "How America was discovered." Colonial Period‚ 1607-c.1765 Characteristics The Colonial period was dominated by Puritan beliefs and thus literature of this period
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natives. For instance‚ when the Spaniards were fighting the Tlascalans‚ Bernal Díaz gives his account that "we came up with our artillery‚ muskets‚ and crossbows‚ and gradually they began to give away" (143). But despite it being greatly assumed that the natives did not put up much of a fight against the Spaniards‚ the assertion that the natives were easy to defeat is a complete misconception. On the contrary‚ even Bernal Díaz acknowledges that the natives fought bravely "with their arrows and fire-hardened
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Ileana Valdes AP World History Homeroom: 210 Spice Chart 11 Social- Family: Prominent families in the calpulli where the once that dominated leadership roles and formed a kind of local nobility‚ eventually they were overshadowed by the military and administrative nobility of the Aztec states Social Classes: Dominated by kings Slaves Nobles had two storied homes of nobles New class almost like serfs were created to serve as laborers on these lands Scribes Artisans Healers Nobles had
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Bibliography: Altman‚ Ida. The William and Mary Quarterly‚ Vol. 70‚ No. 2‚ Centering Families in Atlantic Histories (April 2013)‚ pp. 225-250 Diaz del Castillo‚ Bernal‚ The Conquest of New Spain‚ trans Dunn‚ Oliver and James E. Kelley‚ Jr.‚ eds. and trans.‚ The Diario of Christopher Columbus ’s First Voyage to America‚ 1492-1493‚ American Exploration and Traveler Series‚ vol. 70 Norman: University of Oklahoma
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that the Aztecs were dedicated people‚ who want to keep their gods happy. The Aztecs sacrificed humans to the sun god (Duran). The purpose was to please the sun god‚ and to make it rise the next day. Being sacrificed was considered an honorable death (Del Catillo). The victims would be treated with luxury for one year before getting sacrificed. The victim would become a local celebrity‚ and be a figurehead in society. The Priest would cut open the man’s chest‚ and get the heart (Shahagun). This was
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treatment of the slaves involved. The exploration of Mexico can be characterized as a brutal and bloody journey‚ especially for the indigenous people. At first‚ the encounters between the Spaniards and Aztecs were respectful and friendly. According to Diaz‚ Hernan Cortes implied to Montezuma when they first met “that [they
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Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices Essay Assignment A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolome de las Casas Las Casas’ account depicts the terrible and inhumane actions that the Spaniards inflicted upon the indigenous people. He made it very clear that the indigenous people were far from deserving of this torturous treatment. He describes them as “among the purest‚ the most innocent‚ and the most intelligent.” (p.9) Las Casas points out that other Spaniards had similar
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expedition‚ a force of around 300 men‚ entered into the interior of Florida‚ but only four survived the ordeals and eventually reconnected to Spanish civilization in 1536 near the Sinaloa River. These survivors [Cabeza de Vaca‚ Andres Dorantes‚ Alonso del Castillo‚ and the slave Estevanico] had trekked‚ mostly on foot‚ from Florida to almost to the Pacific ocean‚ near Culiacan. Cabeza de Vaca’s La Relacion presents the tale of the failed Narvaez Expedition‚ which set out on 17 June 1527 to conquer another
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them incapable of governing themselves. Diaz was in awe of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec empire as in expressed in this quote from the reading‚ “it is clear that Bernal Diaz had high respect for Aztec political and social organization‚ for the skills and talents of Aztec workers and craftsmen‚ for the remarkable city that stood on pilings and built-up land in the middle of Lake Texcoco.” He was impressed with how the whole city was built up and crafted. Diaz compared it to an enchanted vision from the
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culture had 4 instruments: 1. Voice 2. Percussion 3. String 4. Wind v The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization with a highly developed language and culture -Mayan totonacas –local dialects-yet distant areas Bernal Díaz - Bernardo de Sahagún - Pedro de Gante – Nahuatl – v Bernal Diaz: an early conquistador (1492-ca. 1581)‚ he called azec music the poorest art of the pre-conquest natives. Aztec music to him seemed only dismal and horrible. He associated the music to the sacrifices of his comrades
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