Not so Heavenly In 1492 the Indies were first discovered‚ a year later the Spaniards were sent to settle the land‚ later called Hispaniola. This island was perhaps the most densely populated in the world with native people called Indians. The Indians were so gullible‚ they believed the Spaniards were Gods sent from heaven‚ and because they would do anything for their masters‚ Indians gave into the Spaniards. Spain’s conquest of the Americas was an outright tragedy because of the way they judged
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territory consisted of five chiefdoms: Marién‚ Maguá‚ Maguana‚ Jaragua‚ and Higüey. These were ruled respectively by caciques Guacanagarix‚ Guarionex‚ Caonabo‚ Bohechío‚ and Cayacoa. Arrival of the SpanishChristopher Columbus reached the island of Hispaniola on his first voyage‚ in December 1492. On Columbus second voyage in 1493 the colony of "La Española" was founded and administered from the new settlement of La Isabela which was established on the north coast. This was the first Spanish colony in
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ANALYSE THE CHARACTER OF JIM HAWKIN Jim Hawkin: Jim Hawkins is the young boy. Jim is the son of an innkeeper near Bristol‚ England‚ and is probably in his early teens. It is his feelings‚ perceptions‚ and emotional responses that the reader responds to and views the story through. Jim Hawkins is the typical young boy‚ who through no fault of his own‚ becomes involved in the ultimate adventure‚ especially for a boy of his age. Through this process‚ Jim transforms from someone who is merely an onlooker
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tricks with pigs. His parents were never married to each other. His father was a captain of infantry‚ and relatives of his mother raised him growing up. In 1502 Pizarro left Trujillo‚ Spain to live in Hispaniola‚ which is one of the well known bases in the World. “Then‚ in 1509‚ Pizarro left Hispaniola to take part in exploration of the Caribbean coast of northern South America and southern Central America. Six years later‚ the Spaniards founded Panama City on the Pacific coast.” (WorldBook). After
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Behind the Great Conquest In 1492 Columbus discovered the American continent‚ a year later the Spaniards were sent to settle the land‚ later called Hispaniola. The Hispaniola was populated with native people called Indians. These people were uncivilized and loyal to their Indian masters. The Indians believed the Spaniards were sent by God‚ they trusted them and were determined to serve them in the same way they did with their Indian masters. Spain’s conquest of the Americas was an outright tragedy
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very important to Hispaniola. Hernando Cortez was born in 1485 in Spain and helped advance spain’s position in the 1500. Then he died in 1547. It all started very early on when he started reading stories on the newspapers that came out and became captivated him to conquer the America in the name of spain which was in 1504. Later when he was at the age of 19 he joined a ship commanded by Alonso Quintero. It was headed to the America
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Christopher Columbus Columbus was an explorer that made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 15th and 16th centuries. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but he never did. Instead‚ he accidentally came across the Americas and not India. He did not discover the New World‚ because millions of people already lived there‚ but his journeys marked the beginning of explorations into the new world. In the 15th and 16th centuries‚ leaders of several
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settlements‚ thief‚ and manslaughter. After conquering Hispaniola in 1492 Columbus returned discovering that the settlement had failed due to the demand for gold and sexual partners from local natives in Hispaniola. Columbus was devastated by what happened in Hispaniola‚ and to make it worst he was accused of manslaughter. Columbus was responsible for everyone who traveled with him‚ so when he left behind a group of men to start a colony in Hispaniola and they were slaughtered the Spanish courts had to
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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When he returned to the small settlement of Navidad which he established in Hispaniola on his first voyage had been destroyed and all his crew members he left behind were dead. Queen Isabella of Castile highly disliked slavery‚ but against her wishes Christopher Columbus enslaved native peoples and forced them into labor to rebuild
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