The Spanish and the British colonized North America. These two nations were in competition for power. Through their government‚ these nations were able to get hold of the Native Americans‚ traded with them and were being able to create a complex society. In this essay‚ we are going to discuss about the similarities and differences of political‚ social‚ and economical of Spanish-Latin America to that of the British. First of all‚ let’s talk about the social structure of the Spanish-Latin America and
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Q1: Defend or refute one of the following statements: The European encounter with the Americas can be viewed as a disaster and a tragedy. Or The European encounter with the Americas can be seen as inevitable development in the history of humanity with long-run positive results. The European encounter with the Americas has more of a negative affect than a positive affect. After Columbus had came back from America with gold‚ many monarchs and countries got excited by the gold and sought formal confirmation
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significant of each Prince Henry the Navigator Mercantilism Hernando Cortes Roanoke John Cabot Mestizos Martin Luther Enclosure Movement John Calvin Merchant Capitalists Predestination The Plantation Model Encomiendas Conquistadors The English Reformation Separatists Questions: On a separate sheet of paper‚ answer the following question in paragraph form. 1. Describe the Indian societies (both north and south) and their geographic distribution
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History Essay Amanda Falkowski Per 1 Analyze the treatment of Native populations in the Americas during colonization. During the 1500’s‚ exploration and settlement in the Americas was becoming popular among a lot of European nations like Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ England and the Netherlands. Depending on what each nation wanted with the land affected how they treated the natives in the Americas. The colonization of the European settlers interfered with the natives’ survival and
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Virginia that were poor weren’t protected by the Indians) * Spanish Southwest * The Spanish sought to Christianize the Indians and also use them for forced labor. * Spanish tried to convert and exploit the Pueblo Indians in Southwest. * Encomienda system‚ missionary system * In Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ 1680 Pope’s Rebellion * The Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish for almost ten years after being forced to Catholicism. ( when they came back‚ the compromise was that they would be half
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Indigenous peoples were the Taino a. Lived in small villages under authority of chiefs b. Showed little resistance to European visitors 2. Columbus built the fort of Santo Domingo‚ capital of the Spanish Caribbean a. Taino conscripted to mine gold b. Encomiendas: land grants to Spanish settlers with total control over local people c. Brutal abuses plus smallpox brought decline of Taino populations B. The conquest of Mexico and Peru 1. Hernan Cortés a. Aztec and Inca societies wealthier‚ more complex than
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1. Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following. During the seventeenth century‚ there were many differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England. In religious aspects‚ the Spanish were catholic. They wanted to gain numbers and support Catholicism and show that it is the true religion. Because of this‚ they forced
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slaves who were captured and forcibly brought to America from West Africa. These slaves faced horrendous conditions‚ but proved relatively cheap resistant to diseases and so massive numbers were purchased‚ in turn fueling the slave trade. 4. The encomienda system was designed instated in 1512 by the Spanish in the Americas and the Philippines. Under this system commanders called encomederos were given a specific number of Native Americans who they nominally were intended to protect and convert to
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Beginning with the voyages of Columbus and other explorers‚ the encounter of the Americas would soon lead to the start of increased trade between Africa‚ Europe‚ and the Americas. This immense trade changed the Atlantic Ocean from a predominantly unclaimed vast ocean into part of the growing maritime empires‚ booming with trade. As the region progressed‚ economic‚ political‚ and social changes occurred rapidly due to the emergence of the Triangular Trade Route and the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade
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1443 Unit One Reading 1 IDs Henretta Chapter 1 pp. 618 and Chapter 2 Identifications: Briefly define in 23 sentences each identification (person‚ place‚ event‚ idea) and explain the significance of each to the time period being studied. 1. Tribute Tribute was a way to collect goods from the groups conquered by the Aztecs. They would take advantage of the trading routes of the valley and the goods imported to them. The city displayed great wealth with the gold‚ textiles‚ cacao
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