...Columbus and the conquistadors were some of the most vicious people on the 1500’s. Columbus was cruel and greedy not caring who he had to step on. He was a vicious, unjust person with no conscience whatsoever. Although in this paper we are talking about how cruel and greedy he was, some could say he was persistent and courageous. He was able to get a job done no matter what it would make people think of him. Being cruel ranges on many levels, but Columbus wasn’t cruel he was vicious. Columbus and the conquistadors were very cruel when they came to the Indies. They killed, terrorized, tortured, maimed, and enslaved many. The level of cruelty was at a new high. They stabbed, dismembered, and slaughtered children and pregnant women. With others...
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...Christopher Columbus found America by accident. He was looking for a new route to the far east, but he found America instead. Conquistadors came looking for gold and fame at any cost. Colonization had a big impact on the people that got conquered because many of them died due to the diseases brought by the Europeans such as smallpox, influenza, and measles. Others were casualties of the conquest, and many became slaves. The Indians' culture was destroyed because the Spanish believed that the Indians worshipped the devil and that they needed to be converted to Christianity. The Spanish conquistadors justified colonization as a way to expand Catholicism and to gain a commercial advantage over Portugal. In my opinion, their justification is not...
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...trade and power. Thanks to the efforts of Portugal and Spain, Europe had several advantages during this time of exploration which would greatly impact their sphere of influence in regards to trade and territory. These advantages Spain’s military might, knowledge of the current navigational routes, as well as their advances in technology. Spain was motivated to explore during the Maritime trade period for several reasons. Like Portugal, they also wished to find a route to East Asia by sea. This would allow them to circumvent the land trade routes which were controlled by the Muslims. Ferdinand and Isabella wanted to increase their territory, as well as spread the religious beliefs of Catholicism. These goals were made possible by the Conquistadors. “By 1492, when they expelled the Muslims from Granada in...
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...Herman Cortes de Monroy y Pizarro Spanish Conquistador (1485 - 2nd Dec, 1547) Herman Cortes who has died aged 62 from pleurisy in Castilleja de La Cuesta Spain, was the most successful conquistador having conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain. No other conquistador has ever surpassed the ruthlessness and destructive power of Cortes. Born and growing up in a non-privileged town called Medellin, Hernan Cortes dreamed of becoming famous and rich, even though his parent (Martin Cortes de Monroy and Catalina Pizarro Altamirano) wanted him to be a lawyer. Following his parents ideology, Cortes attended the University of Salamanca at only the age of 14. However, he failed his law studies and instead followed Diego Velazquez and Diego...
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...Lesson One: Age of Exploration Main Idea Write details here How does technology change the way people live? Europe Gets Ready to Explore Why did Europeans begin to explore the world? Search for Trade Routes Merchant Technology and Exploration Astrolabe The Rise of Strong Kingdoms How did new technology make is possible for Europeans to make long ocean voyages? Early Voyages of Discovery Which leaders were responsible for European exploration of the world? Portugal Leads the way (1-2 questions) Henry the Navigator Vasco de Gama The First Voyage of Columbus (1-2 questions) Christopher Columbus Taino Spanish Conquerors (1-2 questions) Conquistadors Voyage of Magellan (1-2 questions) circumnavigate...
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...As Christopher Columbus once said “By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” This is exactly what Spain accomplished to get to the point in which they are today. This country is not only victorious in soccer but has had a secure past filled with moments of both triumph and despair. My group and I have researched the following ups and downs that have prevailed in Spain’s past. Starting off with our good old friend Columbus. Explorers played a huge role in the colonization of Spain. Colonization was fairly important to Spain hence why they had sent out many conquistadors to acquire new land. In other words, their main objective was to divide and conquer. The Spanish would...
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...Ashley Glover History Midterm 1. The first Europeans to come across North America were the Norse. They are better known today as the Vikings. Leaf Erikson, the leader, led the group of Vikings to North America looking for money and resources. However, no profit was found. On the other hand, though the Vikings did encounter Native Americans and called them Skraelings. Even though no profit was found the Vikings chose to bargain with the natives. Unfortunately, they left due to the fighting that occurred between them and the Natives. It is now five hundred years later and a man named Christopher Columbus is looking for a direct trade route to Asia. He begins searching for place that will fund his voyage. He goes to England first, and they...
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...3, 1492, Columbus set sail for the Indies and by mid-October had found land. Once met with the indigenous people, Columbus determined them to be more apt to religious conversion if introduced gently rather than by force. He wrote that he believed these people to be good people, full of good will for each other. Columbus went on to describe the people in great detail, from how their hair looked to their stance, speaking of them as if he were viewing show horses. It later becomes clear why, as he writes that they would make excellent servants and that he plans to take six of them with him on his voyage home. Columbus was taking detailed notes of these people not from awe of their beauty, but for their potential price tag as a slave. It becomes difficult to continue believing that Columbus’s good intentions were not lost to greed, but as his journal continues so does his...
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...As referred to earlier, Spain and King Ferdinand sent Christopher Columbus on a voyage to find a new route to sail so they could ship goods to Asia faster and more efficiently. The best sea route to take from Europe was down the coast of Africa, around the horn, and back up again. Unfortunately, instead of finding a faster route Columbus found himself landing on the shores of an island in the Bahamas. Shortly after that, Spaniards began colonizing South America. Aided by diseases that the natives were not used to and technological superiority, the conquistadors quickly claimed the land that they sought. “After an initial wave of conquistadors—aided by military advantages and infectious diseases that decimated the native populations— defeated...
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...Jeremy Drummond History of World Civilizations Dr. Israel December 9, 2014 Horrible Aztecs or Hypocritical Spaniards? Since the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, many other “explorers” sought to conquer the various native tribes and exploit the resources the Americas had to offer. When discovered by the European explorers, it was only a matter of time the not-so-great- Spanish conquistadors arrived with their plans to take over the Americas – even if it meant generating rumors and propaganda about how horrible the Aztecs were. The conquistadors would bring back reports to Europe saying the Aztecs were a brutal, human sacrificing cult who needed to be destroyed. While there is some archeological evidence to back up these claims, the Spanish strongly exaggerated the truth about such to coerce the Christians in Western Europe into thinking their invasion of the Americas was okay. Upon arriving in Mexico, Hernando Cortes, a famous Spanish Explorer who unbeknownst to many gave California its name, was an enslaver and murderer of not only the Aztecs, but his own people as well. “He was known to dismantle his own ships in an effort to force his followers had no choice but to follow him inland (Jaffee).”1 The sheer self-righteousness of he and his followers, none can fathom. At first, Cortes was mistakenly thought to be “Quetzalcoatl,” or the “bearded god of the Aztecs” because of his light skin and beard. On the contrary, Cortes is nothing close...
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...The Age of Exploration A Resource to Accompany History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism Brings Learning Alive! Teachers’ Curriculum Institute 1 Introduction I n this reading, you will learn about the Age of Exploration. This period of discovery lasted from about 1418 to 1620. During this time, European explorers made many daring voyages that changed world history. A major reason for these voyages was the desire to find sea routes to east Asia, which Europeans called the Indies. When Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean, he was looking for such a route. Instead, he landed in the Americas. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies. In time, Europeans would realize that he had found what they called the ”New World.” European nations soon rushed to claim lands in the Americas for themselves. Early explorers often suffered terrible hardships. In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan set out with three ships to cross the Pacific Ocean from South America. He had guessed, correctly, that the Indies lay on the other side of the Pacific. But Magellan had no idea how vast the ocean really was. He thought his crew would be sailing for a few weeks at most. Instead, the crossing took three months. While the ships were still at sea, the crew ran out of food. One sailor wrote about this terrible time. “We ate biscuit… swarming with worms…. We drank yellow water that had been putrid [rotten] for days... and often we ate sawdust from boards.” Why did explorers...
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...One of the most disenfranchised groups in the United States is the Native American people. This seems like it should be a contradictory statement considering that before Christopher Columbus’s arrival in 1492, Native Americans of various tribes lived and thrived in their homeland. However, that all changed when white conquistadors arrived. Columbus claimed an occupied land for Spain and then committed acts on the native people that equate to the modern day definition of genocide. Eventually, Columbus and other conquerors died off. However, that did not signal the end of the suffering for Native Americans because the U.S. government took over and became the new subjugators. The documentary “The Canary Effect” provides a timeline of how native...
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...They say a picture is worth a thousand words; but what if I told you what you know about the Spanish conquest based on these images are not entirely true. The artwork associated with the spanish conquest is surrounded by triumph and destruction. The image of thousands of soldiers rushing onto defenseless natives is one such aspects. The image of Conquistadors being wealthy and scholarly men is another untrue aspect. We’ll take a journey into the misconceptions associated with the Spanish Conquest. Background: The Spanish Conquest began in 1519, due to the Spanish Empire’s wanting to expand their empire. Years prior in 1492 the Spanish crown committed itself in the removal of Muslims from the Iberian peninsula, and the institutionalization...
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...i Consequences of Christopher Columbus' Discovery Christopher Columbus' arrival to the "New World" has incited one of the biggest controversies in the world. There are many conflicting opinions regarding people who praise Christopher Columbus' heroic achievements and those who consider him a genocidal adventurer. Does he truly deserve the federal holiday known as Columbus Day? Or should it be celebrated as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead? Given the facts that he caused the transatlantic slave exchange, committed various crimes, and introduced many diseases, it indicates that Christopher Columbus should not be considered or remembered as an American hero. 3. Christopher Columbus' accomplishments often overlook the other side of his story, the...
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...lifetime. He lived from 1485 to 1547. Cortez was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico for Spain. He came from a famous family and his father was a captain in the Spanish army. His parents wanted him to become a lawyer and sent him to school to study law when he was fourteen. Cortez did not want to become a lawyer and came back home when he was sixteen. Cortez heard about the discoveries of Christopher Columbus in the new world and he also wanted to travel and see new lands. In 1511, Cortez joined Diego Velazquez on an expedition to Cuba and became a powerful and wealthy person on the island of Cuba. Cortez had wanted to go to Mexico for many years and in 1518, he was finally put in charge of an expedition to Mexico. Cortez heard of the gold and treasures of the Aztec empire. He had 11 ships, 500 men, horses, and cannon. He also had the help of a native woman named Dona Marina. He wanted to conquer the Aztec empire and take their treasure for Spain....
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