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    much people as hunting and gathering; so people who were not out farming started developing new technologies. These people‚ also known as specialists‚ created the path for guns and steel to be created. These two weapons combined help the Spanish Conquistadors to take over most of the Americas. The way the continents were spread out helped some countries‚ but isolated others. Europe and Asia‚ or Eurasia‚ was spread out from east to west and it helped people spread crops‚ animals‚ ideas‚ and technologies

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    Essay #1: Spanish Colonization and Destruction of the Aztecs The Spanish influence in the Americas negatively impacted the Aztec empire and other natives of the Americas until Spanish conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of

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    Europe and the Americas Over the course of several years in the 15th and 16th century‚ the Europeans conquered and colonized much of the New World. Conquistadors conquered much of modern day North America. During this‚ the Europeans affected the Native American’s lives in many ways. Over time‚ a new culture was formed as a result of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies‚ which affected the entire World. The European colonization of the Americas shaped global economics and societies in several ways

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    Columbus’ voyages‚ the trans Atlantic slave trade had begun and hundreds of thousands of native Americans died of diseases brought to America by Europeans and Africans. The early Spanish conquistadors brought gunpowder and the horse to America as well as the Catholic Christian Church. Indeed‚ the conquistadors brought priests with them and established missions such as St. Augustine‚ San Diego and San Antonio. The Spanish also brought African slaves to work on sugar plantations. New foods for

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    Americans and Africans. E. Spain was able to create a dominant colonial system by sending conquistadors to the Americas with advanced military technology. They also brought disease over to the Americas that killed many Indians. F. The native tribes were treated badly by the Spanish as the Spanish enslaved them and exploited them to find gold and silver. Their justification for this behavior is that the conquistadors were ordered to come back with gold and silver so they had to return with something to

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    3.02 México interior - Práctica A. Answer the following about the Aztecs and the Conquistadors. 1. Describe the life of the Aztecs. What is Tenochtitlan? How big was that city? The life of the Aztecs was a life of war and hunting. Tenochtitlan was there capital. It was not huge but Present Day Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world. 2. What was sold at the Aztec market? Maize‚ cotton‚ beans‚ Animal Skins‚ Feathers‚ and building material. 3. What was the main staple of

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    Francisco Pizarro was not the most pleasant person to be around. He had many accomplishments but not the nicest guy in the world. Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and Conquistador. He did an abundant amount of expeditions and went out to sea with other explorers. Pizarro‚ as an explorer discovered many thing people know today. He founded the city of Lima‚ also the Pacific Ocean just to name a few. Francisco Pizarro is famous for conquering the Incan Empire. Pizarro was born in Trujillo Spain in 1478

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    Sir Walter Raleigh journey began when he acquired a royal patent to claim the New World lands for the queen of England. Utilizing the identical methods of the conquistadors‚ he established the first colony for gold and silver by exploiting the native labors to search for the treasures. Raleigh did not want conflict with the Spanish‚ so he decided to search north in Mexico and South America away from the Spanish territories. Locating the outer banks of present-day North Carolina‚ Raleigh established

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    A CASE STUDY OVERVIEW HISTORY Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago Tagalog: Moog ng Santiago) is a defense fortress built for Spanish conquistador‚ Miguel López de Legazpi. The fort is part of the structures of the walled city of Intramuros‚ in Manila‚ Philippines. José Rizal‚ the Philippines’ national hero‚ was imprisoned in the fort before his execution in 1896. the site features‚ embedded onto the ground in bronze‚ his final footsteps representing the walk from his cell to the location

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    Q 6 Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England in terms of motives‚ economic foundations‚ and relations with Africans and Indians. What factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures? The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1600’s to the 1700’s during which Europeans explored the world‚ searching for trade partners and desirable goods. During this time‚ the three most influential European nations were Portugal‚ Spain‚ and

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