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Relations between the United States and Latin America were not confined to diplomatic policies and economic transactions. Cultural exchanges also occurred. These exchanges took a variety of forms, both positive and negative. They were the inevitable result of people travelling throughout the Americas either looking for work or seeking adventure and bringing elements of their native cultures with them and taking back elements of those foreign cultures they had encountered. The social interactions…

Christopher Columbus discovers America 1492-1763 Christopher Columbus was born before October 31, 1451. His name in Italian is had Cristoforo Colombo. He was a great Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. He was first person who discovers America. On August 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus was provided, from the queen of Spain, three ships named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Christopher Columbus sailed his three ships out of the Spanish harbor of Palos. His intention was to travel…

South America. There were all different kinds of groups of them. There were Mayans and Aztecs in South America just south of the Gulf of Mexico (5). In North America, there were a vast majority of tribes of Indians. The best-known tribe was the Iroquois Hurons. and next came the Inca Empire that Francisco and Pizarro discovered (16). This empire was one of the most sophisticated empires, they had ever seen in the Americas, by far (15). Some of the first settlements in the North Americas were…

colonies around the world following the exploits of Christopher Columbus was when Cortes took Montezuma hostage and killed him in order to capture Tenochtitlán. The fall of the Aztecs at Tenochtitlán marked the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The next event that took place competing for colonies was lead by Francisco Pizarro that was similar to Coronado's situation in Peru. He tricked Atahualpa into meeting for a “peace meeting” but really took the Incas offered the Spanished…

Kyler Harlow, Seth Kramer, Nichole Smith Dr. Nicholson Honors English 10, Period 1 23 February 2017 Latin America Paper An identity is a major aspect of what makes a person their own person, unfortunately, an identity is something that Americans lack. A lack of identity within the American people resulted in a lack of identity within Latin Americans as well. Latin America was colonized by Europe in the 1500’s which cause a multicultural and foreign culture to be forced upon its inhabitants. This…

The Anglicization of North America In the late 1600’s, colonists from Britain began building a fast growing civilization in the newly discovered land of North America. The population flourished and rapidly multiplied, forcing the colonists to return back to a process called Anglicization. This process entails reverting back to the traditions that forced the colonists to leave Britain in the first place. Going back to British traditions resulted in multiple lapses in developments in the new…

societies in the west, specifically in Americas, Australia and New Zealand, did have cultural elements of their counterparts in Europe with some differences. These new expansions of the original European nations maintained their original traditions, structures, and values while incorporating the new ideals of the native lands they settled on in the western world. While many believe that Latin America is a specific place on the map, it is actually not. Latin America is defined as the group of…

the most profound impact on the Americas. The Spanish were the first to arrive which aided them greatly. One of their counterparts, the French were late to the land claiming, which was ultimately their demise in having an impact. Lastly, the English who followed shortly after the Spanish left their mark in North America when colonizing what is today part of the United States. Out of the three Countries I believe the Spanish had the greatest impact on the Americas because of the amount of…

The joining of different civilizations that have come to America has been a long and arduous journey that has caused catastrophes and triumphs along the way. Between the 15th and 16th centuries, various European countries have fought with each other and the natives to gain control over the Americas. This essay will discuss the primary motivation and the various reasons in which each country has competed to explore the unknown lands of America. When Europeans discovered the natives this created…

The purpose of this paper is to compare two articles concerning the natives in the Americas during and after the Spanish conquest. The first article is, The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 by William M. Denevan who is a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin. His article is about the myths and ideas of the Europeans that the lands in much of America before the comings of the Spanish in the 1400s, were virgin lands, untouched by man with no man made environmental…