Spanish Colonization of the Phillipines Essay

Aztec empire. The capital of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlán located on Lake Texcoco. Starting as a small nomadic group, the Aztecs were able to build the strongest empire in the Americas until the sixteenth century when they were conquered by the Spanish. When the Aztecs…

Cortés Change the World? By Jack McCain 6PA - 601 November 11, 2016 Hernando Cortés was a skilled Spanish explorer. Born in Medellin, Spain in 1485, Cortés was the son of Martín Cortés de Monroy and Doña Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. He studied at Salamanca which was located in west central Spain. Cortés was a hard worker, which later helped him on his voyages sponsored by Charles V, the Spanish king. In 1504, when Cortés was only 19, he set sail for the “New World,” or Americas, and…

Texas is a thriving state, but it wasn’t always that way. When Texas was just a Spanish colony, it almost failed. Spain had established a few forts in Texas and had sent explorations to claim land all over Texas. In the year 1682, French explorer named Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle established Fort St. Louis in east Texas and that made Spain nervous. In response to this fort, Spain made a plan to scare off the French.(Background Essay) Spain would establish missions, or places to…

In 1519, the Spanish conquerors HERNAN CORTES believe that Mexico is a place full of gold and wealth, so he lead the army went to Mexico. The king “Montezuma” who does not fear for the arrival of European, also held a grand ceremony to welcome their arrival. There are two hundred nobles dressed in exquisite costumes fitted two lines to meet Hernan Cortes and his men. When Hernan Cortes first met the king, he could not really close to him, because the king's guards told him that it is not…

The play shows the colonization of the Native Americans in south Texas and how the Spanish demonized their practices and converted them to Christianity. They showed the perspective of how the Spanish tried to kill Native American cultures. Much of the background knowledge I had learned the year before because I had also participated in a collaboration with Perez and Tellez. However, when observing as an audience member, I was able to focus more on the infliction the Spanish had on the…

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…

Based on the documents that I have read, I have learned many things about the arrival, and possible expectation, of Cortes. The documents that I read led me to believe that Moctezuma was very excited to meet Cortes. Document B stated that Moctezuma welcomed Cortes to Mexico by saying that his throne was kept for him and that he has been worried about Cortes for a long time. He also said that he was looking toward the unknown place from which he had come, Moctezuma believed that he would return…

So like we have to understand there was about a quarter of the amount of spaniards as there were Aztecs. Yeah so the Spaniards were more technologically advanced and ish like they had more, well they had guns, which the Aztecs didn’t… then they also had trained animals such as horses and dogs, and again the aztecs didn’t… Also the spaniards had big ass ships. All of these three weapons scared the Aztecs, adding the element of fear and surprise. They also hit the fucking jackpot when it came to…

Spanish Conquistadors and the Fall of the Aztecs The fall of the Aztec Empire was due to the determination and destruction of the Spaniards. They did not respect the Natives’ religions at all. They almost destroyed all of the Natives’ culture, and now we know very little about Natives. The Spaniards’ greed and obsession with power, this was their main motivation to conquer the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs’ religion is what got them into the most trouble. They sacrificed humans for their Gods, which…

seen as extravagant prized objects, often being exchanged for small returns. This worldview affected the trade relations when Columbus and his men traded with Caribbean Amerindians, causing the Spanish to see Amerindian people as inferior. On April 17, 1492, Columbus entered into a contract with the Spanish monarchs in search of a new route to the East and pearls, valuable stones, gold, silver, spices and other goods. Although there is no record that…