services to the King‚ Salcedo was awarded the old province of Ylocos which then composed of the Ilocos Norte‚ Ilocos Sur‚ Abra‚ La Union and some part of Mountain Province as his Encomienda and was accorded the title as Justicia Mayor de esta Provincia de Ylocos. In January 1574‚ Salcedo returned to the capital of his Encomienda‚ Vigan‚ bringing with him some
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Were the Spaniards That Cruel? by Gregory Cerio (Newsweek [Special Issue]‚ Fall/Winter 1991‚ pp. 48-51) [online source: Columbus and the Age of Discovery Text Archive‚ Millersville University http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/CERIO-01.ART] For the Spanish‚ the Columbus Quincentennial stirs an ambivalent nostalgia‚ blending pride and pain. Spain’s shining memories of its Golden Age‚ when the nation stood at the summit of world power‚ have been tarnished by critics
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in the West Indies‚ with the governor‚ Nicolás de Ovando. As a reward for his participation in various expeditions‚ [Bartolomé de las Casas] was given an encomienda (a royal land grant including Indian inhabitants)‚ and he soon began to evangelize the native population‚ serving
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The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. 2012 Equiano‚ Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavass Vassa‚ the African Written by Himself. New York: Norton 2001. “Encomienda.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2011. Britannica Online. Web. 31 Jan. 2014 Las Casas‚ Bartolomé de. History of the Indies. Web. 31 Jan. 2014
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First bishop arrived in America in 1511‚ That year‚ in Hispaniola‚ a Dominican‚ Antonio de Montesinos preached his sermon in which he condemned the encomienda system (as an example of exploitation). King Ferdinand called on a Junta (meeting). This Junta met in Burgos in 1512 enacted an important law: The Law of Burgos of 1512-1513. This regulated labor and conversion of the Amerindians. This legislation
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Michaellia Crebbs Professor Vidmar English 102 17 September‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus; Hero or Villain In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus‚ discovered America. More than 500 years later Columbus Day is a national holiday. Statues are up‚ even in Pueblo‚ and thanks are given for what he has done for us. We learn about him in grade school and we are told of his brave adventures. However twenty years later in my first history class another picture is being painted of Columbus; not from my History
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his divine promises. In 1512‚ he returned to Hispaniola as the chief designated pastor in America and scrutinized ill-treat of the Spanish for Indians and the armed triumph of the New-fangled Biosphere. The undertakings taken by him to finish the encomienda strategy of terrestrial ownership & compelled exertion completed by the year 1550 when the Council of Valladolid in Spain was gathered by Charles V to reflect if the
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Similar to the missionary system‚ Spaniards created the encomienda system. This system allowed for Spanish royalty to rent plots of land and the people of the land to the Spaniards. The Spaniards would then convert these people to Christianity. The Puritans of the New England colony set up Praying Towns that forced
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did was to divide the world. The west part of the world belonged to Spain and on the other side of the line‚ it was Portugal which was where Brazil was located. Brazil was never seen by the Europeans. 7. Q. How did the encomienda system exploit Indian laborers? A. The encomienda system exploits Indian laborers. They exploited the Indian laborers by rewarding the monarch for taking control over the Indian villages. The people that lived in labor tribute had settlements to give up their legal protection
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Contribution of American to the Philippines 1. Independence - America helped the Philippines to eliminate the Spaniards in the country thus helping the Filipinos to end the suffering from the Spanish reign. This was the first step of the country to stand on their own and start a new beginning. 2. Government -we adapted and patterned some of our constitution with the Americans’. 3 Sports - Filipino favourite sport had been basketball‚ and other foreign sports instead of the national sports which
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