The Spanish conquest of the Americas was heavily impacted by the cultural demographic and economic change. This led the Spanish to becoming very powerful. The Spanish conquest Was effected by the demographic change. The Spaniards killed off most of the native population. They killed off most of the natives so that they could acquire their gold. Their land was very rich and the natives were very easy to kill off. They did not know about guns so they were ambushed by them. They also weren’t immune
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The Spanish Armada took place in 1588 where King Philip II of Spain had planned this conquest with the hope of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I of England. He had many reasons as to invade England in the first place. England had the establishment of Protestantism whereas Spain was Roman Catholic‚ and Philip was in disagreement with that. He also wanted to stop the Dutch interferences in the Spanish Netherlands because they were seizing Spain’s treasure and were funding the people in the Netherlands
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The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained
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Spanish Explorers Motivation The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case‚ the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez‚ both of which are from Spain‚ and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas‚ it is important to understand
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Red‚ being the Indians‚ were enslaved‚ making them a part of this collusion. “Including the domestic labor that native wives could provide; in some cases intermarriage was a form of labor recruitment.”(22). The Blacks‚ or Africans‚ were brought to America solely as slaves for the Europeans. The Whites‚ are the ones who had enslaved both the Indians and the Africans. “As early as 1502‚ Europeans settlers began to import slaves from Africa” (23). Also they were the most important factor‚ because without
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The role of slavery served as a big economic incentive. Brazil’s lush agriculture made it a desirable place for the Portuguese to establish themselves. Slavery‚ however did exist before the Portuguese started their colonization. The Portuguese were among the powerful nations that were attempting to create many colonies for themselves. Brazil was one of the most important colony to them because of all the resources they could export and make a profit from. The land was fertile and in addition to having
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The Spanish Empire I. The Conquistadors A. Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) 1. All of the New World was Spain’s‚ except Brazil (ignoring English claims). Cristobo Columbo and his brother had established a handful of small colonies (including Cuba)‚ but in the first 15 years or so of the 16th Century Spain didn’t control much territory; this would soon change. 2. In 1519‚ Hernando Cortés landed in Mexico at Vera Cruz (which he founded). He had 600 men. His orders were to establish a colony;
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Caribbean right under the Florida Keys‚ and just above Jamaica. El mapa de Mexico‚ America Central y El Cribe And some cities you might want to visit while your there Santiango de Cuba‚ Camaguey‚ Santa Clara‚ Holguin‚ Guantanamo‚ Matanzas‚ Cienfuegoes‚ and Pinar Del Rio. The weather in Cuba is almost always warm and I suggest you visit during August. If you are going to visit Cuba I suggest you learn Spanish. Or English. Or French. Government The government in Cuba is communist. The
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ethnic group and culture? While Stephany was born and raised in America‚ her family immigrated from the Dominican Republic. In addition to identifying herself as Dominican‚ Stephany also considers herself to be “Afro-Latina”. Stephany stated that during her childhood‚ her family stressed of the importance of maintaining cultural pride while living in America. Her mother made sure that her and her brothers learned how to speak Spanish‚ knew the customs and values of the Dominican culture‚ and stressed
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The Requerimiento in Spanish means the “ Spanish demand” meaning it is a law from the official government of Spain of the time 1513. It was a written declaration of sovereignty and war. The Conquistadors read this document to assert their sovereignty in the Americas. The Requerimiento was written by the Council of Castile “jurist” Juan Lopez in 1513. It was used to justify the assertion that God‚ through historical Saint Peter and appointed a high leader‚ that held the authority as ruler over the
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