The colonization of the Americas changed the world completely. A new world was found in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.. Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Spain’s monarchy to find this new route. Spain eventually conquered and settled most of South America, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest. This was the beginning of what scholars call the new world, many scholars ask themselves is the Spanish colonization of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries a success or not? The New World was discovered accidentally by Christopher Columbus as he was trying to find a new trade route to India by sailing west. Columbus was commissioned by the king and queen of Spain. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had two different monarchs that
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The first being the hardest because he was lost and his crew had lost faith in him, ready to turn back, he asked his crew for one more day and in that day they seen land. Columbus did not want to lose the possibility of making money or looking ridiculous in front of Spain’s monarchy. Columbus discovered and mapped many islands in the Caribbean, such as San Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. The main reason for these voyages was for profit and to spread Christianity. Columbus was not very successful in bringing back the spices and gold the monarch was expecting, but he did bring back native Indians as slaves. The Queen was not fond of this because she seen the natives as her subjects not slaves. Although it was not the best means of conquering the New World Columbus’ momentous voyages changed the world and gave the way for Spanish …show more content…
The war was fought by Criollos and Royalist. Criollos were Spaniards that were born in Chile although some royalist might have been too they wanted to be loyal to Spain. The end result was the Royalist was expelled from Chile. Chilean’s gained independence from Spain which began to drive the Spaniards out of South America
“El Libertador” was the name given to Simon Bolivar, because he helped with the liberation of South America from Spain. Bolivar was from a wealthy family in the Americas, Bolivar was a Creole. Bolivar studied in Spain and France; this is where Bolivar studied about enlightenment. Bolivar was tired of being under Spain’s rule and started. After several years of fighting Bolivar and Jose de Sam Martin completed the South American independence movement and liberated Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. This war left Spain with only Cuba and Puerto
The first being the hardest because he was lost and his crew had lost faith in him, ready to turn back, he asked his crew for one more day and in that day they seen land. Columbus did not want to lose the possibility of making money or looking ridiculous in front of Spain’s monarchy. Columbus discovered and mapped many islands in the Caribbean, such as San Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. The main reason for these voyages was for profit and to spread Christianity. Columbus was not very successful in bringing back the spices and gold the monarch was expecting, but he did bring back native Indians as slaves. The Queen was not fond of this because she seen the natives as her subjects not slaves. Although it was not the best means of conquering the New World Columbus’ momentous voyages changed the world and gave the way for Spanish …show more content…
The war was fought by Criollos and Royalist. Criollos were Spaniards that were born in Chile although some royalist might have been too they wanted to be loyal to Spain. The end result was the Royalist was expelled from Chile. Chilean’s gained independence from Spain which began to drive the Spaniards out of South America
“El Libertador” was the name given to Simon Bolivar, because he helped with the liberation of South America from Spain. Bolivar was from a wealthy family in the Americas, Bolivar was a Creole. Bolivar studied in Spain and France; this is where Bolivar studied about enlightenment. Bolivar was tired of being under Spain’s rule and started. After several years of fighting Bolivar and Jose de Sam Martin completed the South American independence movement and liberated Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. This war left Spain with only Cuba and Puerto