European colonization of the Americas

A little bit after humans first came to America, two great empires just started to rise up. The Incas and the Aztecs. The Aztecs, a religion-based empire that started from a small city that paid tribute to another empire before becoming an empire that had tribute coming from many different cities. The Aztec civilization even would sacrifice people for their gods! The Inca civilization was a bit calmer, but they still sometimes sacrificed people. They were also religion based, but they focused…

The slave trade continued in parts of South America long after American Slaves were freed. Brazil was the last country to ban slavery, and they did not do so until 1888. The Spaniards had developed complex and sometimes Antithetical ideologies to justify their racial theories. Essential to this theory…

Portuguese had the perfect place to buy people. These people knew nothing about the new land and would not be ab le to escape and meet up with their tribe. A mix of convenience, racism, and away field disadvantage brought the Portuguese, as well as other Europeans, to the conclusion that African slavery was the best way to go. The main way to explain Portugal’s decline is the Dutch. They took advantage of the overextended empire and invaded the most vulnerable parts. Portugal showed that with…

the Indies with three ships. However, mistakenly, he landed on the island of San Salvador and encountered a peaceful fishing community. No one knew that this would be the start of misery of the Native Americans. I strongly believe that Spanish Colonization in the America’s induced profound depriment for the Natives because they enslaved them as well gave them diseases, stripped them of their natural resources, and forced them to convert to Christianity. Every October 12th, all…

advanced civilization that conducted life according to their customs and religious beliefs and that they were violated by the Spaniards. Whatever the reason, the expedition led by Hernan Cortes in 1519 resulted in the fall of the Mexica Empire. Like European contemporaries, Mesoamerican societies were urban, agricultural, literate, and militaristic.…

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (Content Paper) Bernal Díaz del Castillo a Spanish conqueror and chronicler in the Indies, travelled with Cortés expedition party. Bernal Díaz del Castillo was interested in getting his version of the expedition out to the world. Even though it was years before he was able to accomplish this he believed it was important to explain the “rank and file” of the expeditioners and the Aztecs. The excerpt describes the expeditions walk into the great…

Peru were two individual but linked events that led the Spanish to conquer over territorial empires. The historical invasions of the conquests led to many changes in Latin American history, and had effects on the Spanish present day; but changes to European cultures and trading aspects back in the 16th century are insignificant. The Conquest of Mexico was basically the capture of the Aztec Empire, which was ruled by emperor Montezuma. The Conquest of Peru was the capture of the Inca Empire,…

According to Zinn, in traditional history textbooks, Columbus is portrayed as a heroic figure who discovered the New World and spread religion to the people already living there. While it might mention that he was not perfect and did some things that he should not have done, it simply brushes over these aspects and pushes forward things such as “what a great sailor he was”, etc. The way it is written makes what he did seem like an exciting adventure that should be celebrated on Columbus Day, yet…

nightmare. Many of the horrid stories the author describes reflect the negative consequences of British colonization in Nigeria. However, Tutuola describes the dream-like 10th Town of Ghosts, a flourishing city in which his character prospers. Tutuola juxtaposes the 10th Town of Ghosts amongst other frightening cities in the Bush of Ghosts to reflect an accommodating view of British colonization in Nigeria. Tutuola only speaks positively of the spread of Christianity in the 10th Town of…

Throughout the 16th century, the Spaniards established the foundation of colonial society as they ventured throughout the New World. These efforts were not free of conflict and tensions. The Spanish imposed specific customs and practices on indigenous groups. In areas such as Mexico and Peru, indigenous people had to adapt to these Spanish ideas and values, including religious beliefs, sometimes voluntarily, however, most of the time it was forced upon the natives. Religion and evangelization…