The new Latin American empires of Spain and Portugal maintained special contacts with the West. Western forms were imposed on indigenous cultures as the militarily superior European invaders conquered their lands. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. The Iberians mixed with native populations and created new political and social forms. The resulting mixture of European‚ African‚ and Indian cultures created a distinctive civilization. Indian civilization‚ although
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A.D.‚ Kalinagos were still arriving at the time of the Columbus landfall. They were also in the process of establishing control over territory and communities occupied by Tainos in the Lesser antilles‚ and parts of the Greater Antilles. When the Spanish arrived in the northern Caribbean‚ therefore‚ they found the Tainos to some extent already on the defensive‚ but later encountered Kalinagos whom they described as more prepared for aggression. Kalinagos‚ like their Taino cousins and predecessors
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stars of Taurus‚ which are said to be a bad omen and the second time he looked into it he saw a large sum of armed warrior accompanied by horses. So with these omens the Aztecs civilization was already at their peak and declining before the Spanish
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings 500 years ago Europeans came across the Americas I. The Shaping of North America a. Existence of a super continent b. 10 million years ago the basic geological shape of N America emerged c. 2 million years ago - The Great Ice Age d. When the glaciers retreated (10‚000) N America’s current landscape for formed e. Only the Great Salt Lake exists as remains from Lake Bonneville II. Peopling the Americas a. The Great Ice Age also led to populating of
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He was named priest-procurator of the Indies‚ and in November 1516‚ he sailed for America. He returned to Spain in 1517. He started working on a plan for peaceful colonization of the Indies by recruiting farmers to be colonists. When he spoke to the Spanish Parliament in December 1519‚ King Charles I‚ who had attended‚ was persuaded to start founding “towns of free Indians”. In December 1520‚ Las Casas and some farm laborers sailed for America. The experiment
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Bartolomé de las Casas was born on August 1474 or November 1484 and died on July 17‚ 1566. He was a Spanish historian and Dominican friar‚ who advocated in favor of the native people‚ eventually he became known as the Protector of the Indians. De las Casas condemned the Europeans brutal treatment of the natives in the Americas‚ in addition to fighting for the abolition of slavery. According to Encyclopedia Britannica Online‚ “In 1502 he left [Seville] for Hispaniola‚ in the West Indies‚ with the
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passions. One of my passions is Spanish; I have always loved learning new languages and my newest edition to my collection is Spanish. Since Spanish II with Mrs. Chapman I have become passionate about learning this new language. It plays an integral role in my life‚ and I am excited to be able to eventually learn this amazing language. It first started in 6th grade Spanish at Ereckson Middle School in Mrs. Gutierrez’s class. I needed to take a language and thought that Spanish would be okay considering
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Hernán Cortés was for the most part responsible for the conquest of the Mexicans. He was Spanish conquistador who pursued to gain wealth and admiration. “…to investigate rumors of a fabulously wealthy kingdom somewhere in the interior of the mainland.” (American Promise‚ pg. 34) Cortes and his army were welcomed and were given gold. Consequently‚ Spaniards’ greed grew‚ and Cortés took Montezuma captive‚ then murdering him. “Cortes took Montezuma hostage and held him under house arrest‚ hoping to
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practices but the Aztecs and various Latin American cultures. In fact she was a former historian and archeologist. Inga Clendinnen put a picture in my head as a reader of what it was like back in 1517. The images of the surprise attack on the Spanish by the Indians in the beginning of the book were especially vivid. Clendinnen explains ‚ “Then as they drew level with some brush covered hillocks the chief shouted‚ and Indian warriors‚ crested and painted‚ bodies swathed in quilted cotton armor
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The Spanish conquest of Mexico is an epic story that is understudied. The historical documents recounting the events are either written through the memory of the conquerors or the conquered‚ and as a result there is a great disparity in the facts‚ those facts changing depending on which side produced the documents. We will take a look at several of the documents published in Victors and Vanquished from both the Spanish and Nahua perspectives‚ analyzing them for bias‚ lessons learned‚ as well as the
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