British colonization of the Americas

through a civil war, and dying of small pox took take over the Inca Empire. He then founded the Spanish colony of Peru, ruling former Inca territories. Pizarro acquired much territory for Spain. Pizarro was illiterate and illegitimate; coming to the Americas was how he made his fortune. For Pizarro fame and fortune would have been impossible in Spain. Pizarro along with fellow conquistador Vasco Nunez del Balboa are credited for the discovery of the Pacific ocean. Pizarro did not have a good…

Within section 1 of chapter 3, I have chosen two people to compare and contrast. I chose Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortás because when they first discovered new land, they both acted the same way towards the natives. When Christopher Columbus sailed west in 1492, he sailed into the now known West Indies. When he arrived he met people, the Taínos, who he called indians. They were very open to the Spanish but soon soured the relationship between the two. The Taínos offended the Spanish when…

The Aztec Empire was once a powerful force in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica that fell from power during the early 16th century when the Spanish arrived and began conquering the so called New world. This conquest was hastened by their advanced technology and by the introduction of foreign disease’s that the Natives did not have resistance too. What many people don’t consider though is the possibility that the Aztec’s themselves also contributed to their downfall with their own beliefs regarding human…

Europe, and where the relations among men, women, children, and nature were more beautifully worked out than perhaps any place in the world”(Zinn, pg 21). Ever since, these first interactions have influenced the relationship with indigenous people in America and have left them with little voice to be…

defeat Hernán Cortés and his troops. The Spaniards weapon superiority, indigenous assistance and other key factors led to the downfall of the Aztec civilization. This episode marked the first phase of the Spanish conquest in Mexico and colonization of the Americas (New World Encyclopedia, 2013). Many factors led to the fall of the Aztec civilization. Leadership change, a smallpox outbreak depleted a large portion of their people and had they had a better understanding of the Spaniard’s tactics…

of Columbus in the Americas. Zinn describes that he wants to make an account of American history from the side that is not usually told. Zinn wants to show the side of history that isn 't so heroic as some of the books show it to be. With that in mind, chapter one starts off with the native americans and what happened to them because of European expansion. This starts with the arrival of Christopher Columbus. The story usually told is that Columbus shows up, discovers America, and is deemed a…

cultures, ideas, religions, and ideas ensued. The drastic differences between European and Native American beliefs will forever shape the history of colonized America. European society had not previously witnessed a society so drastically different from theirs. This extreme difference led to hatred, bitterness, and resentment. With growing colonization the hatred for the settlers drove natives to war. “Indian war parties attacked frontier settlements, killing their inhabitants, burning homes and…

The Iroquois believe that the creation of the world evolved from a world called "SkyWorld". In a world, there were a man and a woman who are married and the women was pregnant. One day the woman was in search of tea from tree bark that was from The Great Tree, and when she was digging she ended up falling through a hole. Where she landed was known as "SkyWorld" and here is where she gave birth to her daughter. When her daughter grew up to reach womanhood, she became impregnated by the West Wind…

The Spanish siege of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán is largely known today because of the written reports by of those who witnessed it. In 1521 the Spanish took over the capital city of Tenochtitlán, resulting in the ultimate demise of the Triple Alliance. Versions of this historical event tend to vary due to the array of perspectives involved. For instance, whereas Spanish solider Bernal Diaz wrote his personal account The conquest of New Spain, multiple Aztec informants, including Aztec…

AZTECS FINALLY FALL The person we chose for our biography profile is Hernán Cortés. We studied this person in American History and he interested us a lot so I talked to my partner and he said he liked him too. In the fall of 1518 he was to command his own trip to Mexico, but his boss canceled it. Despite his boss’s orders he went anyway. He left with more than 500 men and 11 ships. So all in all Hernán Cortés is an all around interesting person. Hernán had a winning record.…