Conquistador

Before Europeans travelled to new continents, there was very minimal contact between countries that were far away. Trading of goods would only occur in nearby countries. So when the conquistadors came to the new land which had not been exposed to other life forms than that of those around them, many diseases broke out. Such as smallpox, ……… More than half of the population was wiped out by diseases within a century. Some new diseases travelled…

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Christopher Columbus discovered the new world in his voyages, but by accident. The reason for Columbus’s voyage was to find an alternate trade route to the Spice Islands And at this time the passage required Spain to go through the Mediterranean Sea. The sea, however, was controlled by the Ottoman Empire and required a hefty toll. For this reason, Columbus did “not go eastward by land in the usual manner but by the western way” (Doc 1). To bypass the…

instead of letting others give them that title. Chicanos have many things to be proud of. Their Aztec ancestors were intelligent people who built an impressive city on water. The Aztec creation myth made all Aztecs royalty. Lastly when the Spanish Conquistadors came the Aztecs didn’t go down without a fight. As time went on Mexico revolted against its tyrannical rulers and succeeded. Later on as the US developed and acquired parts of Mexico those who were living in Mexico the previous day were…

Jessica Tan Mr. Chlodnicki Comparative Cultures Period 1 7 October 2014 Essay 1: Why were Europeans able to conquer large parts of the world during the Age of Imperialism? Europeans were able to take over most of the Americas, some of the African continent, and parts of Asia, during a time period known as the Age of Imperialism. Prior to the Age of Imperialism, Europeans had not been able to conquer much of the world, since they did not have the military technology or economical wealth to do…

1542 he wrote an account called A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies which is about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times. According to Las Casas, the spanish conquistadors are very mean and…

Unit 1- Native Voices- “AH ZEBENYA!” The Native Voices unit was all about nature and how nature doesn’t depend on us and in fact nature can run us over and not be effected at all. In this unit we learned that although we would like to think that nature would have mercy on us but in reality nature stops for nothing. The natives truly understand that about nature so they immerse themselves into nature in order to further understand the dangers so they can avoid them. As we saw with the story of…

“I love to travel, but hate to arrive.. . .” - Hernán Cortes. Hernán Cortes was a famous Spanish Conquistador who helped cause the fall of the Aztec Empire. He helped colonize mainland in Mexico. He helped expand Spain’s land in the 16th century. This was a large achievement in a time when there were many expeditions. Hernán was born in Medellin, Spain in a family with little nobility. Hernan was always interested by the numerous expeditions to the New World. When he went to Cuba he became…

of the eastern province of Hispaniola when he decided to explore a nearby island, which became Puerto Rico. First governor of Puerto Rico by the appointed by the crown. He was also the first Spanish explorer to explore Florida he was known as a conquistador or conquerors. Believed to be born 1460 san Tervas de compos, Spain but there are no records of it. 1506…

the nation during the conquest by the Spaniards. In the end, Marina was nothing more thanthen a loyal woman with a gifted mind who played a key role in the Spanish conquest using her knowledge of different languages to communicate between the Conquistadors and the Natives because she was a servant to Hernán Cortés as his faithful servant withoutwith out the possibility of disobeying him without facing…

In the other side of the world, in the American continent the Maya civilization emerged in the peninsula the Yucatan and the country of Guatemala. As this great society grew in size and culture, it expanded to the north until the valley of Mexico. The Mayan empire seems to be a quite successful creating big construction such as pyramids which require more than 30,000 person-days of labor. Also it was able to to sustain a population of about 3 million. The successes of the empire can also be seen…