HIST 276 History of Latin America: Colonial Period Concordia University‚ Winter 2014 Mid-Term Study Sheet (You must come up with a very short definition; two or three manuscript lines maximum) Alcaldía mayor: Altepetl Audiencia Ayllu Brazilwood Cabildo Cacique Calpolli Capitania (Captaincy) Corporation Corregimiento Donatorios (Donatories) Encomienda Forastero Governación Huaca Inquisition Kuraka Ladino (indio ladino) Limpieza de sangre Mameluco Mestizo Mita Mulato
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Mr. Isaac The Expulsion of Jews from Spain The Jewish Expulsion put an end to one of the most notable and largest settlements in Europe. The main leader behind this dreadful era was Tomas de Torquemada. The King and Queen of Spain‚ Ferdinand and Isabella appointed Torquemada Inquisitor General in 1483. I believe that if Torquemada hadn’t become such good friends with the King and Queen and was not as influencing‚ as he became to be during the expulsion‚ then he would not have been appointed
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Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Dear Milford Board of Education‚ Was Christopher Columbus really the hero that everyone perceived him as? Or was he really just a scoundrel who was not accepting of others? And should we celebrate Columbus Day or should we not? Most are innocent to the facts about Columbus believe that Columbus is a hero‚ but I’m not that naive. I believe that Christopher Columbus was more of a villain than a hero. Although he discovered the Americas and he followed his
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letters regarding his voyages. After reading the First Letter to Luis de Santangel and the Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella regarding the fourth voyage‚ I have compared the two letters. They seem to be written by different people because of the change of environments. The First Letter to Luis de Santangel was written on February 17‚ 1493. Ten years later‚ July 7‚ 1503‚ the Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella was composed. Within this ten year gap‚ so much turmoil was caused by Christopher Columbus’s discoveries
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strict rule until overthrown in 1498 -Julius II-The Warrior Pope. Led armies against the French and Venetians -Tudors (why powerful?)- Edward IV Richard IIHenry VII. Used Star Chamber against nobles and Henry VII rebuilt monarchy -Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile (Inquisition why?)-Marriage created union of Spain. Completed Reconquista and Inquisition anti-Semitism -Charles V/Hapsburg- Holy Roman Emperor.1521: Habsburg-Valois WarsBattlefield was often Italy -Mirandola- Oration
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important 16th century Spanish commentators on the New World. Todorov constructs a narrative from a collection of texts : Columbus’s famous letters to Ferdinand and Isabella; Hernan Cortes’s Letters of Relation; Juan Gines de Sepulveda’s Demoncrates Alter and the writings of Bartolome de Las Casas‚ among others. For Todorov‚ what happened in 1492 was not merely the invasion and subsequent subjugation of the Indies by the Spanish Conquistadores‚ but was also an encounter between different ways of
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Chapter 1 Lady of Cofitachequi: Cofitachequi was a paramount chiefdom encountered by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in South Carolina. They encountered the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi in April of 1540‚ at the Mulberry Site‚ a large platform mound at the junction of Pine Tree Creek and the Wateree River‚ near present-day Camden. Paleo-Indians: First Americans. Nomadic hunters of game and gatherers of wild plants‚ they spread throughout North and South America‚ probably moving as bands composed of
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My father‚ John II of Castile‚ had my brother Alfonso and I with his second wife. My mother‚ Isabella of Portugal. My father had my other brother‚ Henry‚ from a previous marriage. I believe I was about three years old when my father passed. At that time‚ Henry became King Henry IV‚ I was left with very little memory of my father and Alfonso was left with no memories. The Spanish nobles at the time did not wish to have Henry as their king and preferred my younger brother Alfonso. Unfortunately‚ Alfonso
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The conquest of the Americas started when North and South America was first discovered by Christopher Columbus. During the time of the conquest‚ civilizations across the ocean were racing to inhabit the new found land. However‚ they were not the first people to live there. Native Americans have inhabited the land for more than 10000 years prior to the “discovery” of the new land. With new people inhabiting the land‚ new disease that the natives never saw before appeared. These diseases were one of
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These new European beliefs however‚ were put to the test with Columbus’s discovery of the new world‚ and in some cases they were abandoned completely. In 1492‚ Columbus set sail for India and inadvertently stumbled upon a land full of riches but yet undiscovered by Europeans‚ the New World. A year later in his letters home to Ferdinand and Isabella‚ he describes the new land and the people he has found there. He describes the natives as incredibly timid and fearful of the Spaniards but goes on to explain
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