The early colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain and England sought to gain economic footholds in the New World and relations with the Indians and Africans for trade and resources. Behind there motives were similar ambitions for conquest‚ and wealth‚ but what made each empire unique in its reasons? Portugal was bent on conquest and used massive firepower to subdue the natives and plunder valuable resources such as gold rather than barter. Amassing wealth in these new lands was top priority and was
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Christopher Columbus By: Zareno Malaluan 3rd Hour Ap US History Christopher Columbus is not a hero. Columbus was the credited for the discovery of the Americas‚ but he can also be credited for the enslaving the natives and almost causing the genocide of the Indians. When Columbus found the Americas he was convinced that it was Asia so he called the natives there “Indians”. Columbus described them as “gentle” an having “generosity of heart.” Also that he thought that they should be good and
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military commanders were granted land on which several Indian tribes lived. They forced these indigenous people to convert to Christianity‚ work in the gold and silver mines‚ and pay tribute for the protection of their homes. The natives of South America had little hope of fighting off these foreign invaders. When the Spanish arrived‚ they brought with them all of the technological advances of their homeland. The Aztecs and Incas had wood‚ stone‚ and bone weapons‚ the Spanish had steel and gunpowder
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These three men all searched on for new land. Christopher who claimed to have discovered America found a land that was inhabited by many Native Americans. Lewis and Clark also found new land inhabited by many Native Americans. The difference‚ the way Christopher Columbus worked was he slaughtered many to clear the land‚ while Lewis and Clark did no such thing. Christopher Columbus discovered North America and was expecting to find a lot of gold. He promised the King and Queen a land full of gold
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economic development in both regions of European settlements and the religious future. The biggest difference between the Spanish settlements and the English Puritan colonies is that the Spanish arrived to America to convert the natives while the Puritans arrived in America for religious freedom and independence. The Spanish settled in the Southwest to accomplish the goal of finding “God‚ Glory and Gold.” The Spanish established influences over the Southwest‚ instead of worrying about long
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Essay Amanda Falkowski Per 1 Analyze the treatment of Native populations in the Americas during colonization. During the 1500’s‚ exploration and settlement in the Americas was becoming popular among a lot of European nations like Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ England and the Netherlands. Depending on what each nation wanted with the land affected how they treated the natives in the Americas. The colonization of the European settlers interfered with the natives’ survival and their way
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Hernan Cortes‚ a fierce Spanish conquistador‚ landed at San Juan de Ulua‚ in April 1519. With him‚ Cortes had 508 soldiers‚ one hundred sailors‚ artillery cannons‚ eleven ships and sixteen horses. Cortes and his small army‚ marched through Mexico‚ forming alliances with Aztec rivals‚ until reaching the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the massive Mexican empire known as the Aztecs or Mexica. It had a population of 200‚000 people; almost three times that of the largest
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arrived‚ the native population numbered fewer than 20‚000. Only two percent of the original number of natives still remained. This experience was repeated again and again as European settlers and their descendents spread throughout North and South America. Native peoples were pushed aside‚ and their lands were confiscated. Their cultures were crushed. And most native people perished. From our vantage point in the present‚ historical events sometimes seem almost inevitable. Because we know "how the
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Exploring the ecological transformation of the colonial South offers an opportunity to examine the ways in which three distinct cultures‚ such as Native American‚ European‚ and African influenced and shaped the environment in a fascinating part of North America. The colonies were nearly a complete failure‚ but they somehow they managed to turn
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The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain
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