the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to pay an outrageous ransom of gold before executing him. Soon after these tragic events‚ the Spanish set up encomienda‚ a system of government similar to the feudal
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Advantages the Spanish had over the Incas The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire is one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This operation‚ although carried out by Spanish conquistadors and their native allies‚ took decades of fighting to subdue‚ one of the mightiest empires in the Americas. One may ask‚ if the Incas were so powerful‚ how could they possibly have fallen to the authority of the Spaniards? Did they not have a strong enough army? Were there
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Colombia has been a very unstable country for the past fifty years. Beginning in the 1960s Marxist guerilla groups formed. The two strongest groups called themselves the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the other was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They
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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who pillaged and explored the Mexican region of South America. Hernán’s early life was a very unique one. Even though he went to school for law‚ fate had him taking another profession. Hernán Cortés is widely known for his historic invasions and explorations. He tricked the Aztec empire and ultimately destroyed the powerful empire. Although his life was filled with excitement‚ riches‚ and fame‚ he died struggling with debts and other grievances. His early
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------------------------------------------------- The Tempest From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses‚ see The Tempest (disambiguation). The shipwreck in Act I‚ Scene 1‚ in a 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written in 1610–11‚ and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island‚ where Prospero
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To a large extent the Medellin Cartel under Pablo Escobar negatively influenced the Columbian society between 1976 and 1993 as many people were killed and the Columbian economy was affected for example the “Dutch disease”. However‚ Pablo and the Medellin cartel also positively influenced the Columbian society by their good deeds such as giving the poor money‚ schools and houses. The Medellin Cartel was a ruthless‚ highly organized and much-feared‚ they built an empire that‚ at its peak‚ made more
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saying‚ “He who gives more‚ has more.” Dominic was the youngest of all three children. Dominic learned to read and write from his family. At the age of seven‚ he was sent to Gumiel de Izan which is near their home‚ to study under guidance of Don Gonzalo‚ his uncle‚ his mother’s brother‚ a priest. He also began reading and learning about the bible at the age of fourteen‚ he expressed his desire to become a priest. Dominic dedicated a significant amount of his time to his studies to acquire knowledge
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Muslim blood was spilled. With the fall of Granada in 1971‚ the last outpost of the Moors fell to the Christian Monarchs. After 781 years of Islamic rule‚ Iberia once again became a Christian island. In the aftermath‚ under the watch of Cardinal Gonzalo Jimenez de Cisneros‚ the Spanish Inquisition took place. In the Spanish Inquisition‚
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opinions are interwoven when appropriate. K = Key passage (and why it is key!) – “Not despite his relative lack of fame but because of it‚ Jimenez de Quesada is a better candidate to introduce this book. Although the oft-told feats of Cortes and Pizarro will appear in the pages that follow‚ our volume is more about men like Jimenez de Quesada‚ a man of middling status‚ higher ranked than the vast majority of Spaniards but not a nobleman” (p. 7). I feel that this is key because men like Jimenez de
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Chapter 1: The New Global World Intro Before the French Natchez people complained that French treated them like slaves Before 1490s Natchez only knew their people 1502: Nicolas de Ovando replaced Columbus as governor of Hispanola His fleet of ships carried Span adventurers/African slaves which created triracial societies 1949--> Columbus unleashed 200 troops w/ 20 on horseback to terrorize the natives b/c he was upset he couldn’t govern Also released greyhounds to rip indians to pieces
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