Indies

John Rolfe is best known for his marriage to Pocahontas, but his greatest contribution to the New World would be introducing tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. Although the Indians had already cultivated tobacco, Rolfe introduced a sweeter form in Virginia that he imported from Trinidad, whose tobacco was considered superior to the Indian variety. His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land holdings…

As humans we all deserve our rights and liberty. Bartolomé de las Casas was one human being for the Indians as he believed that they should not receive any type of torture and should not be working as slaves. He preached a lot about Indians receiving their liberty and did practice it. However, he challenged his own statements by stating that Negroes should be put to work as slaves. He fought for the Indians causing less labour work hours and good treatment. The Emperor Charles V was influenced…

The ‘Atlantic World’ is defined by James Carson, writer for the Oxford Bibliographies, as “an historical concept that frames the histories of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the opening of the age of European exploration to the ending of the American wars for independence in the 1820s.” It had to do with the history and interactions among all the people and empires bordering the Atlantic Ocean. The concept of the ‘Atlantic World’ is interrelated to the economic networks and migratory…

can be almost reckless when she is in a bad mood. But later this changes after her lecture from Renee about luring boys. She changes her plan-of-action completely and carefully creates a character that many people would find attractive and charming, Indy. When she enters web-weave the second time, she can tell her appearance influences Max Hammer and she plays her music as a dramatic moment for the audience and Max. This is the girl whose music he stole. He reacts completely differently by not…

he practiced human sacrifice. This facilitated Cortés attack on Montezuma; Cortés had help from local natives that wanted to see Montezuma dead. Night of Tears June 30, 1520 Cortes lost a lot of Spanish and Native Indian men that night as a war broke out. Cortes was being insubordinate to Cuba governor and would not return to Cuba. This caused governor Velasquez to attack Cortes. Cortes left Lutenant Alvarez in charge while Cortes left Tenochtitlan, Alvarez made a big mistake by killing…

Every single story, fight, or for this matter, a crucial era of history, has two versions of what occurred. Each side has their own opinions, reasons, and understanding of the events. Both versions might and should always hold some sort of truth. But usually, only the version of the side that wins is told and heard. Howard Zinn 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…

Mississippi River Valley, present-day Haiti, present-day Guadeloupe, and present-day Martinique (The Western Heritage). The arrival of the French was for the purpose of growing their nation and also mercantilism. They received economic wealth in the West Indies mainly through tobacco, cotton, indigo, coffee, and sugar. However, in their other colonies, they prospered through mainly fur trade (The Western Heritage). The French colonies were known for having a close relationship with the Native…

got shot and killed by an angry mob which made them mad. Sugar Act. American History. a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. This was the start to the American revolution. Bunker Hill, Battle of Bunker hill started in 1775. The first great battle of the Revolutionary War; it was fought near Boston in June 1775. The British drove…

Life in Europe before the exploration of the “New World” was making no progress toward expanding themselves economically or intellectually. Europe had many withdraws from world affairs due to feudalism, causing europe to be excluded, as well as the downfall to their education and trading. With Trading routes providing posts that would earn city-states the wealth and power to purchase their freedom from feudal lords the feudal system began to fall. The decline of feudalism in Western Europe…

I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas. 2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by…