(pg. 372) While we got a positive view of the Americas from Columbus‚ we see the dark side of the exploration of the conquistadors from the account of Bernardino de Sahagún. (Account) We see many times where the natives are terrorized‚ plundered‚ and intimidated throughout. (Account) Instead of the simplicity of the natives being admired and understood‚ it is entirely manipulated
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Chapter One - New World Beginnings - 33‚000 B.C - A.D 1769 America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance‚ this was recognized by the Spanish‚ whom took advantage of the untouched land. The Shaping Of North America MI: Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea‚ opening up the oceans‚ and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges‚ but after the Great Ice
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interest in converting to Christianity Economic: Portuguese had to be content with quick trade profits Seldom settled in ports they controlled The Spanish Empire in the Americas Social: Conquistadors converted many to Christianity while taking over the empires of the Americas Political: Spanish conquistadors took over Aztec capital (Hernán Cortés) and later on defeated Incas (Francisco Pizarro) Aztec rivals helped in defeat of Aztecs Guns‚ germs‚ and steel
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fields. Tools made out of steel were much stronger and a lot better than tools made out of copper. Steel tools such as the rapier swords used by Spanish conquistadors and their harkabus guns‚ when encountering new fights and people‚ were like bringing a gun to a fist fight. Although other civilizations had weapons like spears‚ the spanish conquistadors’ guns and steel swords were much more powerful and effective. Finally‚ the last part to Jared Diamond’s answer‚ is germs. When the Europeans traveled
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Geographic luck challenges the traditional explanation of inequality that claims certain races and ethnicities are genetically and culturally superior and inferior. Weaponry is a factor that was influenced by the geographic luck theory. Pizarro’s conquistadors were armed with the best in weapon technology like swords and guns which helped them to do many things. Pizarro is known in history as the man who conquered the Incas by leading
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Christopher Columbus: An Evaluation of Contributions and Personality Who was the navigator‚ colonizer‚ and explorer extraordinaire that fearlessly journeyed the seas and “discovered” the great “New World”? It was Christopher Columbus‚ of course! However‚ in reality‚ Columbus didn’t actually discover the Americas. Rather‚ he traveled to an already-inhabited land with not-so-civilized inhabitants‚ and expropriated both the land‚ and the indigenous people. By doing this‚ he brought settlers from
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Northeast region differed from Spanish settlements in the Southwest because the spanish differed economically and religiously‚ in the difference that the puritans were hoping to establish a settlement to last them a long time while the Spanish conquistadors were working towards establishing a thin veil of influence affecting the economic development in both regions of European settlements and the religious future. The biggest difference between the Spanish settlements and the English Puritan
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imagine avocados going extinct and never being able to taste guacamole for the first time. Before we discuss the avocado’s end let us go back to its beginning. In 1518‚ Martin Fernandez de Enciso‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ wrote in his journal about the first account of the avocado that the conquistadors found commonly growing in Santa Marta‚ Columbia. The Spanish explorers where also the ones that gave the avocado its name by
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The Columbian Exchange was a time when the Old World came in contact with the New World. It is called the Columbian Exchange because Christopher Columbus came to the Americas and traded with the people there which he called Indians. They traded many different things‚ even disease. After a while‚ the Indians realized they would be conquered‚ and that’s what happened. The Europeans would be outnumbered 10 to 1‚ but the Europeans would still win. This is because of disease and new technology. Europeans
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The New World discovery changed history forever. Trade‚ exploration‚ and wealth were all factors that drove 4 countries crazy trying to get their hands on it. The 4 countries of England‚ Spain‚ France and the Netherlands sped to create colonies in this new world. Although England eventually took over‚ the country that was the most successful in colonizing America was Spain because of its strong presence militarily and population wise‚ the strong connections they were able to create and hold‚ and
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