An obvious conclusion is that the Spaniards’ guns‚ cavalry‚ and military organization‚ led to the Incan Emperor’s capture among his whole army by a tiny group of Spanish conquistadors. However‚ all these conquest factors are approximate and immediate‚ not ultimate nor fundamental. In other words‚ the beginning cause of Spanish development of these technologies and Pizarro’s conquest of Peru rather than the Incan explorers’ development of for example machine guns and Atahualpa’s small Incan gang capture
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animistic and nature religions still remained. Changes in Latin American religious ideologies are easily seen from 1450 to the present day. A new religion entered their society. With the discovery of the new world in 1492 by Columbus‚ many more conquistadors and explorers would come to colonize and explore the new world. Also‚ a group of people called the Jesuits came to the new world. The spread of Catholicism really began in the 1600’s by the Jesuits who controlled much of Latin America at this
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The encomienda system was a trusteeship labor system employed by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Philippines in order to consolidate their conquests. Conquistadors were granted trusteeship over the indigenous people they conquered‚ in an expansion of familiar medieval feudal institutions‚ notably the commendation ceremony‚ which had been established in New Castile during the Reconquista. The encomiendo system differed from the developed form of feudalism
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America was first conquered by the conquistadors. What was not expected was the harshness and savageness of the native population of the Americas. One Spanish Explorer‚ Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was such an explorer who documented his 8 years with a group of Native Americans known as the Karankawas. In his narrative‚ De Vaca‚ diminishes the stereotype of what Europeans believed the Native Americans were. He uses Imagery to show what a desperate condition his men were in. He creates this image of
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city constructed on a man-made island in the middle of a lake. It was the largest city of the time‚ with many advancements such as the highly specialized Aztec calendar‚ and many remarkable forms of medicines. During the 1400’s‚ the Spanish conquistadors set out for new lands and a shorter passageway to India‚ in hopes of becoming more powerful and gain control of the large market for spice trading. In 1521‚ the Spanish had discovered the Aztec
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The documentary‚ America Before Columbus‚ discussed the desires of Christopher Columbus wand the result of his actions. Christopher Columbus’s vision was to sail west to the riches of Asia but before that he had to have funds. In order to revive finance for his voyage‚ he had to convince the most powerful woman of Europe queen Isabella. After five years of persuasion‚ queen Isabella finally comes around and finances Columbus’s voyage. Europe was thirsty for more power and riches beyond their land
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need for labor in Spain’s American empire. It became a huge and profitable business. Native American life changed during this period of radical modification. Most Native Americans died due to lack of immunity to diseases brought by the Spanish conquistadors. Native Americans were forced to live by European cultures. They learned to grow different foods such as corn and beans from the Indians. Native American ways of life combined with
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Some of the conquests of the Spanish on the Native Indians were brutal. While most conquistadors and Spanish people treated the Indians badly‚ one names Las Casas did not. He defended them. Why My Congressman/Congresswoman Matters to Me. Our congressmen and congresswomen are some of the most important parts of our government. Normally‚ when one thinks of members of congress‚ it seems as though the members are nothing but a group of people arguing from different political
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and it has forced labor‚ as well. For example‚ in Africa‚ they got gold‚ diamonds‚ peanuts‚ palm oil‚ rubber‚ and cotton. However‚ militaristic helps control their land. For instance‚ in Rome you have a military‚ Spain‚ in South America‚ has conquistadors‚ and Asia and Africa have a combination of the Army and the Navy. According to the view of the Natives‚ they view other people like they were not a culture. For
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Russia was much more enlightening in its empire-building than Spain. While the Russians were busy focusing on expanding the mother country and incorporating newly captured land into the empire in search of a warm-water port and arable land‚ Spanish conquistadors acquired land from across an ocean to funnel raw materials into the Spanish economy. This was much easier for Russia to control its closer acquisitions than for the Spanish‚ who were rather distant from their colonies. However‚ both the Spanish
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