Conquistador

Galgano, Robert C. Feast of Souls: Indians and Spaniards in the Seventeenth-Century Missions of Florida and New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. This source talks about how the Indians were essential parts to the Spanish settlements in the New World, specifically New Mexico, and how the Franciscan missionaries attempted to convert them and assimilate them into Spanish society. The author argues that missions were the most important part of colonization, as the…

The Aztec and Inca civilizations in their prime were both highly developed, sophisticated and intelligent societies, but there were numerous differences in their governments, societies, and economies. Before their conquests by Cortes and Pizarro, respectively, both were very advanced and controlled large amounts of land, but there were fundamental differences in the way the empires were managed. The societies of the Aztec and Inca were similar in some ways, but differences in the ruling bodies…

Spanish conquest of the Americas would generally be known to have formally begun with the defeat of the mighty Mexica, (a lot commonly referred to as the Aztec), empire in 1521. Led by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés, they first came into contact with the Americas in 1519. Out of a pure coincidence (or perhaps due to the intervention of the Almighty) two translators joined Cortes’ band of conquistadores: a Spanish man left behind as a result of…

The Spanish empire had many goals to accomplish; dreams of successfully expanding their rule to the Americas, converting the people to the Christian Catholic religion, and finding riches to increase their wealth. Slavery was the cornerstone of the development of the Spanish empire. Being indigenous to the area, the slaves had lots of information on how to survive in this part of the primitive world. The acquisition of slaves bettered the Spanish empire, by means of expansion and religious gains.…

Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is written by Charles Hudson, and is about the expedition that Hernando De Soto explored through the Southeast of America between 1539 and 1542 in search of gold, treasure, fame and power. This book accounts for the native societies, that were visited by De Soto and the thousands of miles that were traveled. Charles Hudson combines the study of the physical remains of ancient cultures, history, and geography to propose an explanation to the question, “Where…

The age of exploration was a time of exploring the unknown and adventuring the seas looking for new routes to cities that were too harsh to traveled by land. It was the time where the conquerors of Spain and many Europeans countries adventure them self into the new world as they later called The Americas. Conquerors were looking for three things in specifically, gold, glory, and tried to spread their religion from their home country. Explorers after landing in America they look to establish many…

convicted of heresy, his books were banned, and he was told to stop defending his ideas (Tolbert 99). The suppression of people and their ideas played a major part in the censorship and control of their subjects. In the 1560s, Catholic priests and conquistadors destroyed the books written by indigenous peoples in the Americas on a large scale level. They did this because they found because they deemed the works to be superstitious and the lies of the devil. Even though they could not read what…

The Aztec Empire was located in what is now Mexico. In the beginning, it was of three city-states, Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Aztec rule eventually fell to the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes, after a seven month long siege on Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan became the most dominant and powerful city-state. Aztec rule has been classified as an indirect form of rule that required the payment of a tribute, in order for…

America has been a continent found in 1492 by Christopher Columbus. When the discovery of America occurred three intercultural continents were able to interact with each other. Three distinctive cultures—Native American, European, and African—influenced and shaped the environment in a fascinating part of America.These continents joined together to become stronger and soon be interdependent. Europe, America and Africa are three continent that were able to unite and differ politically, socially…

On December 30, 2017 at 10:00 am, Madi Barker (and her mom) took a miniature field trip to the Autry Museum to fulfill her history class extra credit assignment. While she was there, she explored just about every exhibition offered, including La Raza, California Continued, Play!, and Art of the West. She stayed there for a total of two and a half hours, and was able to get a guided tour from a docent, time to roam by herself, and explore the gift shop. Overall, she was very pleased with her…