Q1: Defend or refute one of the following statements: The European encounter with the Americas can be viewed as a disaster and a tragedy. Or The European encounter with the Americas can be seen as inevitable development in the history of humanity with long-run positive results. The European encounter with the Americas has more of a negative affect than a positive affect. After Columbus had came back from America with gold‚ many monarchs and countries got excited by the gold and sought formal confirmation
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Indians vs. Europeans When the Europeans first arrived in America they found an Indian culture completely different from their own. They viewed this culture as barbaric and animalistic. The European culture involved a strict hierarchy‚ and only people with white skin were accepted. Indian society was much more accepting‚ and they based their religious views on nature. When Cortes first came from Spain he was surprised by all the idols that the people were worshipping‚ and he eventually killed
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increased. It lasted from the early 1500s to the late 1700s. It started when Christopher Columbus sailed his ships to what he thought was “India”‚ but was actually the islands of the Bahamas. The first few explorers‚ such as Columbus‚ claimed land for European countries out of the new territories‚ and they conflicted with the natives originally living there. Examples of peoples the explorers met are the Indians‚ Brazilians‚ Greenlandians‚ etc.3 The natives had different feelings about these “white newcomers”
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The European nations all had at least one thing in common when they came to the Americas and that was to increase their wealth. The Europeans thought of themselves as bold‚ fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that
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European and Japanese Feudalism The Europeans and the Japanese have many aspects of feudalism in common‚ but also many that differ. Their feudalisms are more differences than similarities. The differences include their cultural and political aspects. They have similarities in the social aspects. The first way they differ culturally is their views on death. The Japanese saw death as acceptable and right‚ while the Europeans saw it as wrong and were more concerned on survival. The Japanese would
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the Japanese took a page from the American education system and implemented the style of 6-3-3 classroom division (Angela Bartlett). Therefore the Japanese children attended six years of elementary school followed by three years of junior high and three years of senior high school. The major difference comes between the two systems in the area of study disciplines‚ students’ having a clearer direction earlier‚ motivation and structured learning environment to name a few‚ giving the Japanese children
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The age of exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography. The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal‚ sponsored by Prince Henry‚ where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered
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Sean Coggins Feudalism Feudalism in Europe During the Middle Ages‚ countries fought and argued for land and pride. The main goal of the leaders of these countries was to dominate the land. With several countries fighting for one cause‚ there was no chance they would resolve their differences peacefully‚ often leading to wars and conflicts. Feudalism was the staple of the European government. Although it served medieval statesmen well‚ the social structure was incredibly unbalanced‚ which was the
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Laase Professor Vannesson History 127 8 March 2015 Feudalism At the start of the middle ages‚ most of Europe’s many nations lacked any source of structure or government. Things were very chaotic‚ and when the king of France realized that his civilization was crumbling‚ he decided to do something about it. He started a system in which he rented out his kingdom’s land in return for money‚ labor‚ or military service. This system is known as feudalism. In many ways it was a very beneficial system‚ but
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