By Fe Zamora Philippine Daily Inquirer SAN RAFAEL‚ Bulacan‚ Philippines -- For many of this town?s residents‚ Jose Rizal?s unforgettable fictional characters Sisa‚ Crispin and Basilio not only existed in his 19th century novel ?Noli Me Tangere‚? they actually roamed the streets here. According to local lore‚ the bloodstains on a wall in the convent of the San Juan de Dios church were actually Crispin?s‚ Sisa?s youngest son whose disappearance and probable death caused her to lose her mind. The
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The late development of nationalism among the Filipinos during Spanish period Nationalism is the emotion we get every time we think for our country. During the period of Spanish colonialism‚ there was no national feeling among Filipinos. Nationalism did not exist in the Philippines. The ideas of nationalism were filtered only through the Philippines in the nineteenth century. The Filipinos before were all under control of the Spaniards and the Spaniards made sure that the Filipinos would
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Broken Spears Story Summary 1 The Omens – Part One Aztecs dreamt of omens: sky was on fire every night for a year; temple bursts into flames on its own & can’t be put out; another temple is hit by lightning on sunny day; comet falls and divides into three parts 2 The Omens – Part Two Omens continue: water from lake boils and destroys houses; woman crying to her children; strange bird that has mirror on its head showing men coming for war; enormous two headed creatures 3 Strange Men off the Coast
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Bartolomé de las Casas‚ a former encomendero turned Dominican friar‚ was known as “one of the great abolitionists of Caribbean history”1. He dedicated a huge portion of his life trying to better the conditions of the people in the Indies. He devised a “radical plan”2 which would prove to be more contradictory than anything. Although Bartolomé de las Casas’ plans for the Indies seemed radical‚ they were actually made out to serve the crown’s desires while taking away the power of the conquistadors
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The colonies that Britain and Spain founded were shaped by the Old World ways. To survive the colonies had to master new situations and learn new techniques. The colonies also had raw resources that the Old World lacked. Though different‚ the colonies had one purpose‚ to make their countries rich. All the colonies were different but their goals remained the same. British and Spanish colonies both had the goal of bringing wealth to their respective countries. Spanish colonies were mainly focused
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Monctezuma was born in 1466 and died on June 29th 1520. Monectzuma was the leader of the Aztec Empire from 1502 – 1520. The Spaniard murdered Montezuma in cold blood in order to complete their conquest of his empire. The Spanish relationship with Monctezuma was very manipulative and deceiving. From the beginning Cortes made moves to openly try to undermined Monctezuma. Cortes made early alliances with the know enemies of Monctezuma and the Aztecs. This is not the actions of a good and trust worthy
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Coranado was born on September 22‚1954. He was born in Salamanca‚ Spain. His father was a wealthy aristocrat. Even though Coranado had a wealthy upbringing‚ he had no prospects of inheriting the family fortune. He instead wanted to make it on his own in the new world‚ which led to his occupation: exploring. Coranado traveled to New Spain in 1535 and enjoyed the support of Antonio de Mendoza‚ the viceroy of Mexico. He got a position in the Spanish government‚ and married well also. His newly wed
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Bernal Diaz de Castillo wrote about a quest that he was fortunate enough to participate with his soldier leader‚ Hernan Cortes. Hernan Cortes and his soldiers went on many different expeditions in order to expand their knowledge on the unknown world. Bernal Diaz de Castillo did not hold any type of leadership within his community; however‚ he was intelligent enough to know a new world apart from an old one. The New Spain that Castillo and his conquest mates experienced eventually led to the publication
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"The Wonders of Tenochtitlan: City of the Aztecs" is a letter written by Hernán Cortés‚ the Spanish conquistador who led an expedition to the Aztec Empire and would ultimately be the cause of its demise‚ to his king Charles V of Spain. In this letter‚ Cortés vividly describes the city of Tenochtitlan‚ including its landscape‚ structure‚ and cultural aspects. Cortés’ letter is an example of a primary source because it consists of Cortés’ personal report on what the Aztecs and their city are like
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My people are the aztec. I will be telling you today about how the Aztecs live. They have very weird and disturbing way how to kill people. Twelfth century tribes in present-day Northern Mexico. The Mexica claimed that their homeland was a island called aztlan. Aztlan means the place of the white horn. Teotichlan was home to about 100‚000 people. Teotichlan was important because they believed their was met to make the fifth sun. All mexico rulers came from noble families. Tenochtitlan ruled as
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