Spanish Empire

Amerindian elites were different from the condition for Amerindian commoners under Spanish rule. The Amerindian elites struggled to survive in the new economic and political environments caused by military defeat and European settlement, while Amerindian commoners suffered from tribute payments, loss of traditional land rights, and forced labor duties. 24) I support the statement because as a result of the Spanish European colonization and slave trade with Africa, a diverse culture unfolded in…

In 1810, many Latin American countries gained independence from Spain’s American empire, customs and allegiances that had been established since 1492. In Toward Independence, Fuentes notes that in 1810, eighteen million people lived under Spanish rule between California and Cape Horn (Fuentes). In total, there were eight million indian’s, one million blacks that were brought through by slave trade and four million caucasians (Fuentes). Late-Colonial Latin America was filled with many types of…

to the fact that Americans conquered and occupied the wild land which did not belong to them before. This can also be confirmed by the poetry “The White Man’s Burden” by Kipling’s Hymn, who believes that the U.S. should shoulder the “burden” of an empire and cultivate the savages along with the expansion. And this is the same reason for the U.S. to send military army to Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines, claiming the Americans were helping them gain independence from…

The Spanish-American war has recently ended. Money, resources, and troops have been lost. A big question that I have been asked by President William McKinely has been wandering around in my mind. Should the U.S Annex the Philippines? The Spanish-American war has lasted three months and we have lost many soldiers. Spent generous amounts of money and used up resources. This war was against Spain. The reason for the war was to win over the Philippines. And for the United States to become more of a…

destruction and of the Inca and Aztec empires in the 14th and 15th by the Spanish conquers lead to an immediate takeover and conquering of South America and later on North America. The Spanish brought many vicious things to the Americas within a couple of years such as: disease, population collapse, loss of land to Europeans, forced labor, resettlement into more compact villages, and creating a setting in which the religion of the victors took hold in Spanish American colonies. The last point…

centuries, it achieved its independence early in the 19th century. From 1519 the Spaniards absorbed the native peoples into Spain’s vast colonial empire, and fused Mexico’s long-established Mesoamerican civilization with European culture. Perhaps nothing better represents this hybrid background than Mexico’s languages. This country is both the most popular Spanish-speaking country in the world and home to the largest number of Native American language speakers in North America. For three…

influence and overall empire was expanded, and continued to expand when the Cubans revolted against Spanish rule due to the crippled sugar production from the McKinley tariff. The insurrectos of Cuba tried to drive out the Spanish using scorched-earth methods, while Butcher Weyler tried to crush the rebellion. The United States looked for Cuba as a way towards securing the Panama Canal. Due to the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor, and the ridiculing by Spanish minister Dupuy de…

opportunities of such revolutions existed due to the weakening of Spain and Portugal. With the addition of Spain and Portugal struggling back home with power between Napoleon Bonaparte and toppled monarchies, their colonial powers weakened. As if the empires couldn’t control their land back home in Europe, the distance from the colonies even weaken them more in their strength of maintaining events back to the way they were. As a result, Latin American independence became possible with the…

The United States won control over Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish-American War was over, Spain had surrendered the remainder of its overseas colonial empire to the United States. Even though Puerto Ricans were not considered citizens of the United States till 1917 with the Jones Act some say that “Puerto Ricans have been ‘born in the U.S.A’ since 1898.” (Nieto, 515) Once the United States had control over Puerto Rico, they had to decide the relationship with them and in 1952 they…

The United States intervened with Spain because of the explosion of the Maine in Havana and because the Spanish treated the Cubans horribly. At first the United States attempted to settle matters peacefully by negotiating a contract between Cuba and Spain. However, they did not come to a consensus because Spain wanted Cuba to be part of the Spanish empire, but the Cubans wanted full independence. The United States ended up getting pulled in the conflict, and eventually took the Cuban’s side…