Indies

first commissioned by congress in 1836 to hang in the Capitol Rotunda. The painting was finally put on display in the January 1847 at the Capitol Rotunda. This painting depicts Christopher Columbus and members of his crew shown on a beach in the West Indies, the first landfall of their expedition to find a westward route from Europe to China, Japan and perhaps unknown lands. On October 12, 1492, they reached this island, which the natives called Guanahani and Columbus named San Salvador. Upon…

of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765 to enforce higher taxes and/or fines to make the colonists help pay for the own debt due to the Seven Years’ War. The Sugar Act of 1764 was to lower taxes on molasses imported in North America from the French West Indies. On the other hand it was established to end widespread of smuggling by the colonial merchant but due to there being a bias enforcer and jury any who was accused of smuggling had to pay a fine even when they were not smuggler. The Revenue Act…

Initially, Spain and Portugal wanted to dominate the trading economy. When Columbus discovered the West Indies and Bahamas, a new world of opportunities was shown to Europeans. The Spanish arrived and immediately started to torture the Natives, purposely and accidentally. The Native Americans were not accustomed to the new settlers way of life, or the factors that they brought with them, such as disease. If a Spanish settler wanted to seize control over an Indian village he could easily do so…

Spanish American war involved Spain, America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There were many reasons for this war, one of them was Cuba's unsuccessful attempt to revolt over Spain. The inhumane ways and methods the Spanish used to suppress the Cubans swayed many Americans to go to war with Spain. Also America was looking to expand its boundaries to outside the continental borders. War was waged on the Spanish on April 25, 1898. This was after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in…

The Catholic Church has been a big influential force in the Latin America. It influence can be found since the beginning when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. On the first island that they landed, Hispaniola or now Haiti/Dominican Republic, was were the church started to spread its influences. Among their priorities, the first of Church was stablish in the new continent. The other priority was to be a conscience to the “conquistadores” or conquerors about fair treatment of the…

It was discovered after Columbus’ death in 1506, that the land he discovered was actually part of a new landmass that Europeans had never previously explored to the fullest extent. The man who realized that Columbus had not landed in the Indies, but rather a new piece of land was Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo was a member of Columbus’ who helped to organize his voyages and for his realization that Columbus discovered a new continent, America was named after him (“Textbook”). Christopher Columbus’…

event giving rise to the Commentary was an act of piracy. In 1602, the Dutch sea-captain Jakob van Heemskerck was commissioned by the United Amsterdam Company to command eight of their ships and engage in peaceful trade with the natives of the East Indies. Unlike privateers of the time, Heemskerck received no letters of marque from the Dutch Admiralty Board authorising raids on and seizures of foreign shipping, and he was forbidden by the Directors of the Company from…

But, their methods of colonization were anything but Christian like. In Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies written in 1542, he describes some of the treatment of the Indians by the Spanish Christians who came to the Indies during their “Voyages of discovery.” Bartoleme, a Spanish priest, writes that the Isle of Hispaniola was perhaps one of the most densely populated places in the world. The people although…

Introduction Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in a log cabin on frontier Tennessee. He the first frontier president and served in office from 1829 to 1837. Due to the fact that Jackson wasn't born into a family with money and great social status, he was very "for the people." He was the forefather of the modern Democratic Party and believed that no man was better than another, no matter his wealth, position or even his education. He fought for the working class people and tried to show…

among much of Europe. Asia and the Middle East were contenders as well. Spain, France, and England were the boldest and had the most resources at the time. To gain the upper hand, Spain financed many voyages to find shorter trade routes to the West indies and Asia. The monarchs of Spain, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, felt they could dominate trade, increase wealth, and bring unity to Spain through these trade routes. (Henretta, Edwards, & Self, 2012) Other nations followed suit…