disease and the spread of Catholicism gradually asserted Spanish dominion over the indigenous population in America‚ who nonetheless survived and endured both the conquest and 300 years of colonial rule. Due to Spanish pestilence and wholesale slaughter the Native American population was decimated. Committed by Royal decree‚ Spanish conquistadors converted their New World indigenous subjects to Catholicism. Once Native Americans were scattered Spanish conquistadors subdued and exploited them. Beginning
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ng Pilipinas (pɪlɪˈpinɐs) and Mancomunidad Filipina (fɪlɪˈpinɐ). The 1935 constitution specifies Philippines as the country’s short form name and uses Philippine Islands only to refer to pre-1935 status and institutions. Under the previous regime‚ known most formally as the Territory of the Philippine Islands‚ both terms had official status. Structure The Philippine Commonwealth had its own constitution‚ which remained effective until 1973‚ and was self-governing although foreign policy and military
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excerpt from The Destruction of the Indies had my skin crawling. As I listened to the speaker describe the torture these natives had to endure it got me wondering how someone could be so cruel. How was it even possible that the Spaniards got away with such horrendous acts of torture? I cannot fathom the amount of pure agony the natives went through. I started imagining just how painful and terrifying it all must have been for them. What really shocked me was when the Spaniards had the audacity to
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The Nahua Interpretation of Spanish Conquest It is very difficult to explain defeat without seeming to make excuses. Such was the task of the Nahua chroniclers whom learned to write their language and produced the codices that were used in The Broken Spears. These accounts were put together by Native Americans roughly thirty years after the conquest based on Nahua oral history. These are not direct first hand accounts and cannot be accepted as specific historical evidence. What can be understood
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How can it be that the Aztecs‚ one of the greatest and strongest civilisations of its time‚ be defeated by only a few hundred men? The answers to this question are many but the one we shall explore is that of the factors that gave the Spanish soldiers the advantage over the Aztecs. The main factor that led to the victory of the Spanish Conquerors was the Aztec religion. The Aztecs had many myths about their gods however the most important was the story about Quetzacóatl (ket-zahl-co-ah-tul)‚ the
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As I’ve read the pre-Spanish era given by Mr.Ralph‚ there are a lot of things I’ve learned‚ things that recalled me about the history of the Philippines and the situation we had in the arms of the Spaniards. First‚ when it comes to the people who were involved in the whole history about our country‚ many of them exert their efforts and their ideas on how things are possible and how it can work. Different places also contributed their ideas to the development of the history by observations that they
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Introduction (author ’s name (professor /instructor (subject (date of submission ) Why the Spanish could conquer the Aztecs ? It was in 1519 when a band of Spanish conquistadors ‚ led by Hernan Cortes arrived at the Yucatan Peninsula . Together with a small army of 600 men ‚ Cortes sought out to conquer the Aztec empire for their country . The Aztec empire was considered as the most advanced civilization in North America . They were in control of large cities and had complex social
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of Vietnam. New York: Praeger‚ 1958. 535 pp. Basically a history of Vietnam from the origins up to the French conquest‚ with a brief summary of events from 1900 to 1957 tacked onto the end. The full text is available online to paid subscribers of Questia. Joseph Buttinger‚ Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled‚ 2 vols. New York: Praeger‚ 1967. 1346 pp. A history of Vietnam from the French conquest to the death of Ngo Dinh Diem. Joseph Buttinger‚ Vietnam: A Political History. New York: Praeger‚ 1968. 565
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The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of government‚ a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by a datu and was independent from the other groups. (The Tagalog word barangay came from the Malay word balangay‚ a boat that transported them to the islands.) Usually‚ several barangays settled near each other to help one another in case of war or any emergency. The position of datu was passed on
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events and discoveries that were by the Spanish in both Europe and America. The author highlights that the Spanish were first people to discover the printing press. The Spanish Conquest was made possible by the elaborate strategies utilized by renowned individuals such as Christopher Columbus and Pizarro. According to Restall (2003)‚ the European discovery and the conquest of the America were as a result of courageous adventurers. The author highlights how powerful empires such as the Inca and Aztecs
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