“ They were saying that we cured the ill, and the Spaniards killed the well.” That shows the Indians trust them more than the Spaniards. (Doc D) The last reason is that Cabeza had respect from the Indians. When Cabeza met the Spaniards, it stated that “ the Indians are not all convinced, some talked among themselves, saying that the Christians are lying.”…
They accommodated to the Indian’s lifestyle, instead of initiating change right away. Along with wanting to convert the Indians, it was not their main priority, which was essentially profiting off of fur trade and fishes. The Jesuit priest stated that in order to convert the Indians, the explorers had to be on good terms with them and have the natives welcome them, which was not what the Spanish did. The Spanish wanted land and slaves, so they were more aggressive and hostile towards the Indians. Columbus was not patient enough to understand the Indians, but took assumptions that they were defenseless and unable to fight…
Unit I Vocab \Europeans.\system, Pueblo Revolt (1600s)- The Spanish had taken over present day New Mexico and the Natives, in particular Pope, were mad because this angered their spiritual ancestors. They were angry because the Spanish set up churches and imprisoned many of the Natives. Although some were not on board, most Natives kicked out the Spanish and destroyed their churches and killed many priests. The Spanish fled to Mexico to regroup.…
This quote, taken from the writings of a Dominican priest, only scratches the surface of the relationship between the Natives and the Spanish. “The Indians [of hispaniola] were totally deprived of their freedom and…
The author’s challenging of other historical viewpoints were two different thoughts to be. The Indians believed that it was alright for the same sex to marry each other while the spanish thought is was inconsiderate to do. The Spanish believed that this was inconsiderate to do because they believed that a boy and girl are suppose to be with each other. And not two girls or two boys. In the other hand the Indians did not believed in the same believes as the Catholic believed in .…
When Columbus first set out on his journey, his goal was India, but unexpectedly, he landed in the Americas. The Spaniards believed that they were superior to the Natives. Christianity was the religion they grew up believing. The Europeans believed the practice of other religions was erroneous, and when they saw human sacrifices, it only solidified their belief that the Natives must be cleansed. The Spanish only saw them as a tool to use in their own favor.…
1. Europeans were supplied their coffee through the Arabs. This is evidenced in the text, “After permeating the Arab world, it had been embraced throughout Europe…” (page 150). Although there are many different stories surrounding the origin of coffee, all agree that it was found in the Arab world and then spread to the Europeans. The way it spread to Europe was through travelers. The book sates, “By the early seventeenth century, visiting Europeans were commenting on the widespread popularity of coffeehouses in the Arab world, and their roles as meeting places and sources of news” (page 140).…
In Sociology, they have a term ‘cultural relativism’ which means for one to be able to understand another culture then one must view them in the thought of that culture. Culture relativism was quiet obviously not present in the minds of the Spaniards. Multiple Spaniard recordings, including the works of Fray Ramón Pané, Christopher Columbus, and Pietro Matire D’anghiera, tirelessly compared and judged the culture of the Indians to their own beliefs of Christianity. Therefore, their opinions of the Indians were unfairly formed and this quickly led to the Spaniards treating the Indians unfairly. The picture I think of the Spaniards upon overviewing this was a completely blind race for dictatorship, whether they realized it or not.…
In the essence of violent religious conversion, the Pueblo Indians demonstrated their greatest victory against Spanish control. Specifically, spanish missionaries and franciscan friars demolished the Native Americans’ opposing religious symbols in efforts to forcibly convert them to catholicism and potentially invade their land. The reaction to the violent act of conversion is especially reflected in the Declaration of Josephe, “ [...] burned the churches down and shouted in loud voices, “Now the God of the Spaniards, who was their father, is dead, and Santa Maria, who was their mother, and the saints, who were the pieces of rotten wood,” (Voices of Freedom, The Pueblo Revolt, p. 10). The document continues to advise and insist that the Native…
In the year of 1492, the Spanish monarchs funded Christopher Columbus on his voyage to what was later called “the New World,” initiating a race between European countries to send out explorers to become the continent’s dominating power. Driven by the promise of wealth, status, and new beginnings, explorers conquered the lands of North and South America, resulting in their direct disruption of the indigenous peoples’ lives. Following this contact, the lives of both Native Americans and Europeans were permanently transformed by the Europeans’ desire for wealth and need to spread and dominate through religion. While providing beneficial outcomes for Europeans, these motives ultimately incited the deterioration of once-thriving native civilizations…
Trailblazers: The Success of the Spanish Colonies The fate of global civilization was radically changed when Christopher Columbus embarked for the New World in 1492, launching the leading European powers into a race for colonization and exploration. During this time, each country achieved varying degrees of success by employing different tactics to best conquer the uncharted territory of the Americas; for example, the French exploited the trade of beaver pelts to obtain territory and economic success (Kennedy & Cohen 99). Many of these European colonies grew into flourishing cities and centers of culture and newfound traditions. However, especially in the case of the Spanish conquest, each colony faced adversity when interacting with the indigenous…
The Impact of Christianity on Native People in North America With the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, the Native or Indigenous people of the country have been under threat from both attacks by Christopher Columbus and the diseases he brought with him. The Natives were the true owners of the land of the Americas but it was sadly taken from them by invasion of the European. This was not the only thing taken, as this also led to the destruction of their religion. As Christianity saw itself as the one true religion, any other religion would not do. Their target were the Natives who they first killed without mercy to eradicate their religion, then decided to change them by teaching them Christianity.…
Antonio Vazquez describes the volume and value of silver mining at the expense of the indigenous people and their harsh labor conditions through the mita system. De las Casas also witnessed the torture and killing of these people and, although he recognized their humanity, he believed the Spanish were not to bring anybody to Christianity by massacring them and that violence was rather barbaric and not God’s will. In contrast to de las Casas, Juan Ginés Sepúlveda argued on his writing that colonizing the “Indians” was moral and would not be condemned in the eyes of Christianity. He based his opinion on the believe that the Natives were “natural slaves” and irrational beasts who…
Cortés used his ability to communicate with native tribes to persuade them into agreement, and therefore alliance with the Spanish; the Spanish spread their Christian beliefs among the Aztecs (who were under the burden of a barbaric religion), which in turn led to more people joining the Spanish; the Spanish brought disease and spread it among the empire (unwittingly, but they spread it nonetheless). All three of these points indicate such a conclusion. The Spanish being the primary contributors to the…
As soon as they discovered the Indians, they made a significant push towards Christianity and what it had to offer. “The Indians might become Christians and inclined to love our king, queen, princes, and all the people of Spain, and they may be eager to search for, gather, and give to us what they abound in and that we greatly need (Christopher…