Indians and Europeans was thriving trade in gold‚ silver‚ copper as well as agricultural products. But‚ before trading they need a set of rules and regulation to maintain economically. There were Monarchies that support oversea trade‚ Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile allowed Columbus to go out in the sea. Columbus found Native people and they got diseases from them when interacting. Economically‚ the population decrease brought by the Columbian Exchange which eventually resulted in the
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1. In the 10th century‚ the Christian conquest of Spain occurred. In order to satisfy Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon‚ the king‚ and queen of Spain‚ conquerors were forcing conversion on the native peoples of America. In hoping of finding precious golds‚ and spices. Their missions would often include searching vigorously for these items whilst at the same time finding people to convert. However‚ some were not handled with care because many of these missions resulted in the killing and
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1. Describe the development of Spanish rule over its territory in America? The Spaniards came to North America as conquerors in order to disperse catholic religion and to collect fortunes of wealth in gold and silver‚ and increase the glory of imperial Spain. Hernan Cortes‚ driven by the dreams of gold and glory‚ set sail for Mexico from Cuba along with 600 soldiers. Cortes convinced the Totomacs‚ a society conquered by Mexica‚ to join him in assault against dominant Mexica. He led an expedition
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An Italian explorer born on October 31‚ 1451 would change the world by discovering a land mass that is now the Americas. This admiral of the sea’s name was Christopher Columbus ‚but in Italian his name was Cristoforo Colombo. Columbus open the way to exploration and colonization of the Americas in his four transatlantic voyages. Since his major find on the other side of the world‚ he has earned the name of discoverer of the New World. However‚ we now know that Vikings had visited North America five
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1598 * Most powerful monarch in Spanish History * Devouted Catholic * Saw himself as the defender of faith * His efforts against Protestantism made him an enemy of the Protestants * Son of: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal * Wanted to increase the Hapsburg’s power in Europe * This effort involved Spain in many Europe Wars * Was known as the Prudent King * Was cautious‚ hardworking and suspicious of others. * Built El Escorial
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History. the renaissance. -rebirth;period of west european’s history where there was a great philosophical and artistic movement. -14th to 17th century before the renaissance -decline in middle ages -focuses were mainly on rural and agricultural -writings mostly concerned with the Church -feudalism to national monarchies -man became interested with the affairs of the world; they began to drift from the Church; they started to question life; -crusades origin of italian renaisance the renaissance
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learned from them. Here are a few of his major mistakes. One of his known faults was being involved in the slave trade. On his original voyage Columbus and his men arrived in the Caribbean where they seized six “Indians” to send back to Ferdinand and Isabella as slaves. The men used brute force to work on their plantations or mines until the natives died of strain. They also sent thousands back to Spain to be slaves for the wealthy‚ most of which died on the way over from Spain. Over all this
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EUH 5934 Dr. Harland-Jacobs 30 January 2012 Sir John Huxtable Elliott His Writings and Contributions In many ways‚ it is impossible to do justice to the impressive life and career of Sir John Huxtable Elliott in a short essay such as this one. Simply listing his countless awards‚ publications‚ and honorary titles and degrees would take up most of the space allotted for this short paper (as the pages attached to the end of the essay can attest). Instead of writing a traditional‚ chronologically-organized
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Henry married six times between 1509 and 1543. Henry divorced two of his wives (Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves)‚ he had two of his Tudor times rarely married for love. Often‚ they marry to link up families to other rich and powerful families both from England and from other important countries. Henry got infamous for his marriages and he became a tyrant. But did he marry just for fun? There were many reasons for Henry’s marriages. For example‚ one of the reasons was to create a political
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Rachna Shah APUSH: Log Entry #2 5. The requerimiento was only an excuse to treat native people brutally‚ confiscate their land‚ and enslave them‚ because the Europeans believed that that would be the most efficient way. Of course‚ if the natives weren’t manacled‚ then they would have fought back‚ and quite possibly‚ especially if the natives enslaved by Columbus and his original men‚ have beaten the Europeans‚ at least for the time being. The Native American men wouldn’t have given up their rights
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