Spanish colonization of the Americas

The Conquest of the Americas by the Spanish Conquistadores changed world history according to Gomora. The Spaniards conquered the Aztec and Inca Empire against all odds. Did the Conquistadores achieve the conquest because they were superior or something else needed to happen? Hernan Cortes expedition was to conquer the great empire of the Aztecs. One of his companions, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, wrote a probanza, or account, of the conquest. In the journey, Bernal talks about the journey that…

novels, women shared similar duties. Sundiata, by D.T. Niane, describes the journey of King Sundiata Keita’s road to become ruler of the Mali Empire. The Conquest of New Spain, by Bernal Diaz, recounts the downfall of the Aztec Empire. In the Aztec, Spanish, and Mali Empires women were portrayed as domesticated, were used as a means of creating alliances, and were idols in certain empires. These similarities were common among ancient civilizations during those times. Throughout history women…

rebellion made by the all indigenous pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers. It was a mass revolution started on August 10, 1680 and ended on August 21, 1680 which result in killing almost 700 civilians. It actually happened when the Indian finally decided they had enough of the Spanish enslaving, murdering, and making them believe in Christianity and when Pepe came along and got the tribes to join together to throw the Spanish out, it resulted in the Pueblo Revolt. According to the…

Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortes was a spanish conquistador, military leader and explorer. He was most greatly known for conquering the Aztecs. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain. His full name was Hernan Cortes, marques del Valle de Oaxaca. He sometimes also goes by Hernando Cortes. In some accounts it says that he studied at the university of Salamanca for a time. He came from a lesser noble family is Spain. Cortes died on december 2, 1547. Hernan Cortes was a very important historical leader…

military campaigns in history. Hernan Cortes was an ambitious and calculating Spanish conquistador who in 1519, set sail from Cuba at the request of Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba for Mexico as part of the expansion of the Spanish empire. He was also intent to spread Christianity among the indigenous people of this unexplored and mysterious part of the world.…

Introduction Sepúveda has been known to make certain claims in regards to the defeat of the Aztec civilization to the Spaniards. Among many of those claims he states that the Indians possessed rude natures and limited intellectually capacity thus, they had no choice but to succumb their will to the Spaniards by Aristotle’s doctrine of natural slavery. This papers shall refute the aforementioned claims and gather evidence drawn from several works those of which include authors: Lockhart,…

a chance at satisfying his urge for God, gold and glory, Diaz accounting of the conquest of Mexico comes with biases that would be considered typical for that time period, no matter how outdated or grotesque they seem at times. However, while pro-Spanish ideals are scattered throughout the book, Diaz does seem to resent Cortez at times. This shows an uncharacteristically human quality, different from the almost propaganda-like historical accounts from academia from the same…

Under the Spanish colonial rule the relationship between Christianity and the indigenous people in the Yucatán peninsula brought on challenges between the two cultures both fighting to coexist. The Spaniards however had other plans when it came to subjugating the indigenous people and starving the land of its resources and riches. The Spaniards wanted to see the Yucatán peninsula in a vision of Spanish ideals and culture preferences forcefully passing on their Christian religion with the idea of…

Jarriett Hicks The reading has some useful vocabulary that was worth noting as it helped me understand the context of the text. Like some other Spanish explorers, Cabeza de Vaca found his journey to be exciting as he was introduced to new species of plant and animal life. However, I cannot imagine Florida’s/Apalachen ecosystem to be much different from that of Spain since it is fairly tropical, but I could be wrong. The excitement was short lived as the Indians from both sides of the lake…

He starts with a brutal, yet poignant, portrayal of Spanish rule: “By the encomienda or repartimiento, which was the cruelest form of tyranny and the one most worthy of hell-fire that could have been invented, all those peoples are prevented from receiving the Christian faith and religions, being held night…