American Indian Holocaust. The conquistadors didn’t intend to find the Americas they didn’t even think they existed; the only thing they wanted was new trade routes. But either way it doesn’t excuse what they did to the Native Americans using the Encomienda System as an excuse. As soon as the Spanish conquistadores discovered the Americas‚ thanks to Columbus‚ and realized the riches it contained they started major voyages which cause them to discover a different race who were naïve and not civilized
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LeAndra Reed History 4360 Origins of Slavery in Latin America Africans and Indians both were enslaved by Portugal and Spain to help build their empires in the new discovered lands. Spain had been the first to reap the glory of the new found land‚ but Portugal soon followed. African existences in Latin America are due directly from the new market created for cheap labor to help cultivate the new found territories. When Spain and Portugal found the New World they relied heavily on the Indians’
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Simón Bolívar and his Address to Congress In Simón Bolívar’s message to the Congress of Bolivia‚ he introduced new concepts that he felt would provide a better outcome for the country and the people of Bolivia. He shared his views on what he considered the necessary changes for the Bolivian government. He proposed a new system of representation‚ which were the four political powers. The four political powers are similar to a federal system. He suggested that the people would be the ones who appoint
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the governor of what is now Mexico from 1521-1528. The Spanish settlers established what is known as the Encomienda System‚ a system that granted Spanish settlers‚ known as encomenderos‚ the right to extract labor from indigenous peoples. This system was put in place and intended to provide protection as well as convert Indigenous people to Christianity. Instead of doing this‚ the Encomienda system often leads to exploitation. These political ideals and systems were a large foundation of the Spanish
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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Although some may argue that religion has been a dividing force in the past‚ faith and beliefs have brought people together for centuries‚ and therefore religion has been a unifying force in history. For any religion to successfully unite large groups of people‚ it has to have an appealing system of beliefs‚ and both Islam and Christianity have this trait. Islam was originally founded by the Prophet Muhammad in about 622 C.E. He taught that there was only one God‚ Allah. His beliefs and teachings
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of slave system. Even though they did have some things in common there were also many differences that were between these empires. Some differences between these two were that the Ottomans had the devshirme slave system and the Spanish had the encomienda system. The devshirme system was the practice in which the Ottomans recruited and then forcibly took Christian boys from their families and put them in Ottoman society. These Christian boys were called Janissaries. The Janissaries were converted
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On August 10th‚ 1680‚ every Pueblo Native American from the north from Taos pueblo‚ all the way down south to Isleta‚ revolted against all Spanish presence within the New Mexico territory‚ then on August 21st‚ every remaining Spanish settler within the territory started to stream out of the Santa Fe‚ heading for El Paso‚ Texas. With this victory by the Pueblo Natives‚ who were led by a medicine man named Popé‚ they lived for 12 years without any Spanish rule until they came back to the New Mexico
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RIZAL PROVINCE Rizal is a province located in the CALABARZON‚ just 16 kilometers east of Manila. The province was named after the country’s national hero‚ José Rizal. Rizal Governor Dr. Casimiro Ynares III on June 17‚ 2008 announced the transfer of the Capitol from Pasig. Its P 270-million capitol building‚ constructed in Antipolo by Ortigas & Co.‚ owner thereof‚ was completed by December of that year. Built on 5-hectare lot at the Ynares Center‚ it employs 2‚008 employees. The New Capitol was
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settled in Cebu and Manila and placed the barangays under the authority of the King of Spain. Initially‚ the colonized territory was organized into encomiendas to facilitate evangelization and collection of tribute from the natives. However‚ because of reports of abuses committed by the encomenderos‚ the colonial authorities abolished these encomiendas and recognized the government of the archipelago into provinces called alcaldias mayors‚ goviernos or corrregimientos‚ each encompassing several municipalities
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