for the Algonquian people‚ taking the prime farming land from them. New England had over 20‚000 migrants‚ not looking for any money or work under someone but establishing a protestant principles-based colony. On the other hand‚ New Spain sent conquistadors to Mexico and Peru to
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APUSH Assignment #2 Part One: The Encounters Chapter One: Natives: Old world explorers encountered in the new world complex and diverse peoples—who‚ where‚ etc? Old world explorers encountered Native Americans in North America. Pre-Columbian America is “fraught with controversy.” What conflicts were they? Native Americans had conflict with the Europeans over social and environmental problems; this led to violence and war. Also‚ Europeans and Native Americans were both violent and
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American Pageant Chapter 1 Summary The first chapter of the American pageant focuses on the discovery of the Americas and how they came to be. The North American continent broke off from a Supercontinent called Pangaea some 200 million years ago. It was anchored in its current position by the Canadian Shield‚ an ancient rock plate below the continent. Many natural wonders of the Americas were created in this period of time‚ like the Appalachian Mountains‚ and the Grand Canyon. After an ice age
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The explanation of why there is such a distinct difference between poor countries and wealthy countries lies in their geography and their access to guns‚ germs‚ and steel. The answer seems too simple to many people who disagree with Jared Diamond. However‚ it doesn’t change the fact that it all makes complete sense. The lines between successful civilizations and unsuccessful ones are all based on the resources the landscape provides. The New Guineans‚ Incas‚ and Africans never had the opportunity
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evolution of the capitalist ethos in theregion.”She notes that “Senior evokes the color yellow assymbol of a historical continuum of plunder‚enslavement‚ and servitude that marks theCaribbean’s relations with the developed world‚beginning with the conquistadors’ misguided searchfor gold‚ then the sugar of the colonial plantationeconomy‚ and finally the trade in sunshine and sandof the contemporary tourist industry.” 4. Meditation on Yellow-Part 1Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote a novel entitledOne Hundred
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Juan De Onate In 1549 a baby named Juan de Onate was born. He was born in Zacatecas‚ New Spain (Mexico). His father’s name was Cristobal De Onate; his father was a conquistador/silver baron. Juan’s mother was Dona Catalina Salazar. They were silver mine owners‚ and Spanish-Basque colonists. He grew up dreaming of conquering the region north of New Spain. Juan de Onate first career was as an Indian fighter. He was an Indian fighter in the Northern Frontier region of New Spain. Juan de Onate then
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that time. As the conquistadors came from their land they didn’t know and the people they were coming to travel to didn’t know about the diseases they had brought. After many days and week’s number kept climbing of deaths in the city because of the Diseases. Some of these diseases we smallpox and the Black Plague. Another piece to this is weapons. In this situation weapons played a big part in many colonies had greater and stronger weapons and other were not so great. As conquistadors came to conquer
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controlled the lives of some ten to 20 million people. Not always well loved by the other groups in the area‚ the Aztecs created a society that surprised and impressed the Spanish conquistadors who arrived in 1519. We begin our study of the Aztecs in 1519 because that is the year Hernan Cortes and 500 Spanish conquistadors came. However‚ we were interested in the
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Mexico. However‚ those people were destined to fall and this was unavoidable. It is unimaginable that such a strong tribe would have a result ending this devastated. The reason why this happened is that in 1519‚ Hernan Cortes who was a Spanish conquistador arrived on the land of Tenochtitlan (Capital city of Aztecs) along with his men. He was welcomed as if a god is respected‚ but Hernan Cortes took this as an advantage which resulted in a loss for Aztecs in many ways. The three things that were
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Have you ever wondered how the states that Lewis and Clark did not find‚ were found? Hernando de Soto found‚ and explored Florida. Hernando de Soto was part of a Spanish scouting party. He and his “brothers” as he would call them‚ looked for the sign of danger.They had found Florida‚ or what they called La Florida. The people were members of an expedition led by Hernando himself. Hernando and his men were attacking Indians left and right‚ and one hero called out to them in their language. This man
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