distinctions between orthodox and unorthodox practices were distinguished (and oftentimes blurred). You may look at Staden‚ the readings on witchcraft and “superstition‚” etc. Beginning in 1492 when the Spanish under the crown of Castile invaded the Americas‚ where their first settlement was in Santo Domingo‚ their main motivations were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions and economic gain. Due to these objectives they intervened and attempted to change every facet
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In “Democracy in America‚” Alexis de Tocqueville argues that the biggest danger of democracy is the feeling of‚ what he coins‚ “Individualism.” Tocqueville states when introducing the concept of individualism that it is “of democratic origin” and may spread with the “same ratio as the equality of conditions” (Volume 2; Part 2; Ch 2.). His primary reason for this is that in an equal society men are no longer attached to other men. He compares it to an aristocracy‚ where every man is a link in a
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In Alexis de Tocqueville’s work‚ Democracy In America‚ Tocqueville spoke on the dangers of censorship in a democracy. "First you bring writers before juries; but the juries acquit‚ and what had been the opinion of only an isolated man becomes that of the country ... You hand the authors over to permanent magistrates‚ but judges
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Notes A.) Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the land led them to develop institutions based on subjugating native populations‚ converting them to Christianity‚ and incorporating them‚ along with enslaved and free Africans‚ into the Spanish colonial society. The Spanish incorporated the encomienda system and used Native American labor to extract precious metals
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This essay written by Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became
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States of America. In the sixteenth century‚ colonist landed in the new world in hopes to build a free world. The Native Americans introduced the colonist to a lot of things‚ one being tobacco. Colonist looked to enslave Native Americans to get the job done but the natives would not cooperate. So‚ they then looked upon Indentured Servants‚ which worked for a term in exchange for their passage to North America. The demand for highly profitable crops that grew well in many parts of America continued
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Significance: The Iroquois‚ originating from present day New York‚ began to prosper after their dealings with the French‚ and later the Dutch in the fur trade. Eager to expand their territories strategically‚ they divided into the five nations of Senecas‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ Oneidas‚ and Mohawks‚ compiling into a confederation. Granted from the fur trade‚ these Natives had ample access to guns‚ steels and other goods to help conquer and wage on both European and fellow Native American settlements
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1. The claim that “Mother countries exist for the benefit of their colonies” has some reasonable claims. A colony provides a great amount of wealth to the mother country‚ through trade and tax. The further growth of a colony only multiplies the amount of benefit the mother country receives. If a colony is given the ability and the assistance from the mother country to trade and manufacture on its own then the increased growth only helps to bring in more for the mother country. If England decided
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of their labor would suffer.” (ushistory.org 6d) By the time the Continental Congress asked Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence because the American colonies had broken away from Britain‚ there were around 500‚000 slaves in America. Even Jefferson owned over 100 African slaves. The U.S. national government started under the Articles of Confederation‚ which was adopted in 1781. Nothing in this document addressed anything about the slavery in the country. The government left
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understand why the countries did what they did is to analyze their motive. The main objective here was to find an alternate passageway to China and the eastern trade markets. Obviously‚ that is not what they found‚ so hence sparked an interest in the Americas as a replacement of capital. A stock company in England called the Virginia Company was created to establish settlements on the American East Coast. This company would settle the first colony
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