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    Mikaela Duguil  Period: 6          Chapter 1 Cornell notes  1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was  not an important goal to build a new nation.  2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and  creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by  tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and  willingness to subjugate to others.  3. What factors divided the colonists

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    abandoned‚ and by A.D. 900‚ Mayan civilization in that region had collapsed. Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521‚ bringing an end to Mesoamerica’s last great native civilization. Then sadly‚ Fall of The Inca Civilization. With the arrival from Spain in 1532 by Francisco Pizarro and his entourage of mercenaries or conquistadors‚ the Inca empire was seriously threatened for the first time. Cities collapsed‚ thousands upon thousand

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    skulls that were used to satisfy the gods. Cortes then ordered his men to destroy the temple‚ this occurrence made the priest furious and they demanded that Montezuma get rid of the Spaniards. The plan that Montezuma came up with was to offer the conquistadors more gifts of gold hoping that they would go away‚ however‚ Cortes and his men did not go away and instead arrested and held Montezuma captive because they thought that it would keep the Aztecs from attacking the palace. This did not work because

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    The myth of chapter 5 is the myth of communication and miscommunication. This chapter discussed the importance of communication to the victory of invaders especially the Spaniards. The interpreters were “invaluable members of the expedition” (p83). Invaders used the interpreters to communicate with the native emperors and native people. As though‚ the interpreters earned credits from their captains “Nahuas soon dubbed Cortes himself with the name of Malinche‚ as though captain and interpreter were

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    Film Review of Apocalypto

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    tribe will always be the one who can destroy a prosperous tribe because they know what is the strength and the weakness of their place. b) The message relayed/conveyed by the arrival of Spanish ships in the end of the film. -I think Spanish conquistadors will use the “spread of Christianity” because they carry a cross. They will befriend the Mayans and they will let them be treated by them as their

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    Battle Of Cajamarca

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    of modern times has been the colonization of the new World by Europeans‚ and the resulting conquest‚ numerical reduction‚ or complete disappearance of most groups of Native Americans.” This battle was between the Incas and the Spaniards. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a Spanish army of 168 soldiers; he was going against an army of 80‚000 soldiers led by Atahualpa. Pizarro was 1000 miles away from reinforcements‚ and knew nothing about the local inhabitants. The stakes were all against him

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    British and Dutch empires were all colonial‚ global forces at some point in history. Although they were all driven by wealth‚ they had differing goals. The Spanish‚ Dutch and British empires all extended their political control over seas. Spanish conquistadors colonized a significant portion of the land in the western hemisphere through religious conquests by spreading Catholicism. The Dutch colonized several spice-islands in Asia‚ South Africa and the Caribbean. The British had colonies all over the

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    specifically religion and weddings‚ and applied this knowledge to what I already knew about our culture and to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel A Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Catholicism has been widely practiced in Colombia ever since the Conquistadors first introduced it to the country. As such‚ Colombian Catholics strive to complete the seven sacraments of baptism‚ reconciliation‚ Eucharist‚ confirmation‚ matrimony‚ holy orders‚ and the anointing of the sick. By completing these sacraments

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    but this had more of a negative impact. Cities became overcrowded‚ which led to copious amounts of people living there. This is never helpful for society. The Americas contact with the Atlantic world led to several social changes. The Spanish conquistador Cortes invaded and conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519. Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire in 1532. When the Europeans invaded the New World it caused the religion of the native people to change drastically. Their religion became Christianity. The

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    The Apache Tribes

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    are known for their culture. In this essay I will be talking about their homeland‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ daily-life‚ languages ‚agriculture‚ and social organization The apache indians were first meet up by the conquistadors. The apache is a native american tribe ‚ they are related to the native american tribe from south western united states. Apache people have lived in Eastern Arizona New Mexico (sonora and chihuahua )‚ Mexico‚ West

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