called "xocolatl’’ which symbolised the drink of the gods. Up till centuries‚ Mexico was the only producer of Vanilla where only a bee found in certain regions of Mexico would pollinate the Vanilla flower. But‚ in 1517‚ when a Spaniard named‚ Hernan Cortes landed on Veracruz; he met Emperor Moctezuma (an Aztecs emperor) who served him a drink called tlilxochitl made by cacao and vanilla. Very soon after‚ he returned back to Spain in 1528 with vanilla and cacao. Because of price and rarity this unusual
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The Spaniards brought over Christian and they believe they had benevolent power. Spain requested missionaries to begin the process of conversion to Christianity‚ a group of Franciscan friars arrived in Mexico to start converting in 1524. A much larger group followed in the following years. Religion did give limits on European power and help with the fight against slavery. The immediate benefits of Christianity were acknowledged as a population‚ no human sacrifice and a little support for the end
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The Natives’ Encounter with the Europeans As Hernán Cortés came in contact with the natives‚ he was able to unknowingly transfer smallpox along with other various diseases to natives. Therefore‚ after their first battle with the Spaniards‚ the Aztecs were overwhelmed with illness. This led to the fall of great Aztec Empire. However‚ even before this the Inca Empire had been swept by with the illness‚ smallpox‚ too. In order to rid themselves of the—curse (smallpox)—the gods had placed on them‚
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Choose 1 European Country that colonized between 1500-1600’s in the New World and detail their colonization. Include What‚ When‚ Where‚ Why‚ How‚ Was. One major country that colonized the New World was Spain. In the 15th century in Spain‚ women were 2nd class citizens who had no authority or power in general. However‚ the new king and queen of Spain-Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Castille come into power equally. At this time Christopher Columbus seeks out the king and queen of Spain to grant
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Mckenzie Gorbet Unit II part I 6/7/2012 Slavery In Mexico In 1519‚ the conquistador Hernan Cortes brought Juan Cortes‚ the first African slave‚ to Mexico. Many decedents of Mexico took him for a god considering they had never seen such dark skin before. Though he was the first‚ he was not the only African trapped in the works of slavery. Panfilo Narvaez brought a slave into Mexico which whom brought in the 1520 smallpox epidemic. In these early years‚ most were use more as personal servants
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civilizations. The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incan civilizations possessed great knowledge when it came to construction‚ which allowed them to make roads‚ pyramids‚ and irrigation systems that made their lifestyle much more sophisticated. Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés himself describes in document 3 how astonished he was by the magnificence of Tenochtitlán. Even without modern machinery these civilizations were able to construct things out of rock that weighted tons and were able to do this with precision and
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legendary God-man‚ who died three hundred years before‚ and promised to return. And so they welcomed it‚ showing extraordinary hospitality.In fact‚ it was Hernán Cortés‚ who arrived from Spain with the expedition‚ paid by merchants and landowners‚ and blessed God’s representative on earth‚ with the sole purpose of obsession: to find gold. Cortes began its death march from town to town‚ using deception‚ paying the Aztecs against the Aztecs‚ killing with an extreme sophistication that was part of his
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colonization in America. With the Spanish empire having control over Europe‚ Asia‚ and America‚ the Atlantic and Pacific oceans served as the main routes for the exchange of goods and people. By the early 1500s‚ there were two main Spanish conquerors‚ Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. These two men conquered the most populous regions and rich in natural resources of the New World. Thanks to their superior military technology‚ they
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European occupiers‚ Latin American and its artists were embracing Modernism which fit well with the mixed race cultures of this region. The indigenous peoples of Mexico‚ for instance‚ endured a brutal occupation by the Spanish starting in 1521 by Hernán Cortés(1485 - 1547) until the Mexican revolution(1910-1920) after which the indigenous peoples were honored and encourage to become educated. One of the artists discussed in this paper is Diego Rivera(1886-1957) who was a champion of these native peoples
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The resulting colonies were unique in that New France had the fur trade‚ New Netherlands had war with neighboring Indians‚ New England had community formation as they followed Protestant principles‚ and New Spain had introduced diseases to America. Jacques Cartier took the St. Lawrence River to France back in the 1530s‚ but for 75 years it grew weak until Samuel de Champlain returned there in 1608 and formed the fur trade in Quebec. The newly founded New Netherland in 1621 also went into fur trading
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