British colonization of the Americas

The Nemesis was a British steam-powered gun boat assigned to Captain Hall in October of 1839. This gave the British an upper hand during the war due to the Nemesis being a new kind of transportation because it could sail across oceans and steam up rivers and in shallow waters. Although the Chinese found steamers interesting they did not find it impressive. In January 1841, the British attacked the forts on the Bogue which was protecting Guangzhou. On…

After the fall of Tenochtitlan, improper conversions, as mentioned above, were a common occurrence in early colonial New Spain. The reason for this being that the Spaniards believed that the natives were incapable of understanding the religion of Catholicism, so they instead tried to force it on them or just baptize them even when the religion’s practices and beliefs were not explained as well as they should have been. Other times, the natives were punished for their past practices of their…

The country of Mexico officially gained its independence from Spain in 1821. To understand this specific juncture in the country’s history we must understand the political environment that came before it. Long before Cortes landed on the coast in 1521 in search of gold and silver, the political system of Mexico was organized by Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztecs, Toltecs, Olmecs, and Mayans. By the time the Spanish arrived the Aztecs had a firm political grasp on most of the region. The…

is the author of A People’s History of the United States , a book in which the version of history told is from the losing and oppressed side. In a section of his book, he writes about the history of the early Spanish conquest and settlement in the Americas. This is a well-known part of history, except that in Zinn’s book, he tells the history from the views of the natives and a few Spanish who opposed these cruelties,…

States both portray the Americas prior to the American Revolution as an odd and bewildering era. Hadingham and Zinn challenge the credibility of historical accuracy on natives of the time period, as they denounce the so-called truths people believe everyday about the topic. They address ideas by looking into different perspectives during the discovery of the Americas and analyzing different bits of data that counteract beliefs. Despite their common depiction of the Americas during the time…

The writing system by the Mayan had a distinct approach to the scholars. Deciphering the writing represents and values who the Maya people really were. The Mayan writing was acknowledge and known as the emblem graph. The emblem graph represented certain cities around Guatemala. Spaniards colonized a better understanding of the Maya people using the Hieroglyphs. They were able to categorize the cities and discover which group belonged to what city. They were able to identify which city was at…

Since the European settlement, Indigenous beliefs and practices have suffered due to the continuing impact of the settlement (). The invasion imposed on the life of Indigenous Australians and for this, they suffered greatly (). This created a disadvantaging effect for Indigenous Australians due to the dispossession of land, loss of culture and prohibited practices (). The first fleet which arrived in 1788 altered the lives of Indigenous Australians in terms of their lifestyle (). Unfortunately,…

The documentary, The Other Conquest is based on a year later after Hernan Cortes’s invasion. The opening scene shows a native Aztec, Topiltzin as the last survivor of the massacre at the temple. As he searches among the dead bodies for a sigh of life he discovers his mother dead. Seeing all that’s left behind which isn’t much, he than realizes the importance of his existence. He felt as if he was assigned to keep his culture alive. To do so, he draws in his codex all that has occurred. Topiltzin…

The exploration and conquest of the Aztec Empire in 16th century lead to destruction and devastation at the hands of Cortez and his conquistadors. Hernan Cortez and his conquistadors landed on the Mexican Coast in 1519, their exploration led them to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. During their travel to city, they encountered the Txlancans, a enemy to the Aztecs and made them allies. They will play a important in the siege of Tenichcihlan. With the use of diplomacy Cortex was able to convince…

Catalina Pizarro Altamirano was around 20 years old when she gave birth to the man who would later defeat and conquer the entire Aztec Empire. His name was Hernan Cortez. He was a Spanish conquistador whose explorations and conquests led him to great fame. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, a town in Western Spain which is now known as the Castilian province of Extremadura. He was born into an aristocratic family who were fairly well-known due to the fact that his father, Martin Cortez de Monroy…