Dr. Jose Rizal

When the Spanish ruled the Aztec society, the culture of the people changed completely. The Spanish took everything the Aztecs had in life and also everything they had worked for. They made dramatic changes to their political ways and stance, their culture and economy. Most of the Spanish’s changes were for the worse, but some of them helped save the Aztec society. These changes have been kept through those ages and bought into modern society.

In the text it stated that the U.S could not give the Philippines back to Spain because it would be cowardly and dishonorable (Rusling, 1903). This is important because the United States is strong, if we gave them back to Spain that would show that the United States isn’t really strong. The U.S won the war against Spain, why would the U.S give something to Spain that they won?! If the U.S just left the Philippines to Spain it would just make them look weak and don’t know how to critical think. In the text it stated “Wonderfully has God guided us…. We can not retreat from any soil where Providence has unfurled our banner; it is ours to save .... for liberty and civilization” (Beveridge, 1898). This matters because the United States has come such a long way for this. It’s been through a war, to get the Philipines. They shouldn’t just lose the Philippines like that, they should take the time to see what will happen which we outcome. With a wrong decision they could easily make the United States seem weak.

     Francisco Pizarro was a conquistador born in Trujillo, Spain in about 1471. His father, Gonzalo Pizarro, was an infantry captain and he taught Francisco how to fight at an early age. Francisco Pizarro never learned to read and write but he was full of adventure.

Lastly, Diaz’s account is more credible because his distinctive experiences and he wrote the book to add his experience with the topic. First, he was a child of the Columbus’s exploration year. Then, he joined Cortez during his mission to explore and conquer the new world. After that, he wrote his book to the reading public in Spain to show that Aztec’s environment and how they respectfully welcomed them. Additionally, who wrote a book

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was a man who was a rebel and a soldier who fought many battles that he believed was right for Mexicans in Texas and in Mexico. He took part of the Cortina Wars, where he fought Anglo or white Americans by stealing from them after how they treated Mexicans in Texas. He even took part of the War when Mexico went against the French invasion with Emperor Maximiliam, and he even helped out the Union in the American Civil war around that year. Cortina was on top of the in ranks and became Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico. This man had many battles that he has faced in many years of violence he seen in wars and even during his own childhood. He would be known to many Mexicans as a folk hero and has Cheno Cortina, which was

Bernardo de Galvez had a very interesting adult life like the facts of this paper will show. Bernardo

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Veracruz Mexico, on February 21, 1794. He belongs to a “criollo” middle class family. His parents were from Spain. He was a Mexican politician and military leader who was President of Mexico eleven times from 1833 to 1855. He was president officially six times, and unofficially five more. He was also a disastrous president of Mexico because he lost Texas and much more of the current American west in the United States. However, by far he was an important figure of his generation in the Mexican history. Many people love him during his first years of president, and he was remembered for two major conflicts, the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 during the Texas Revolution, and as a restored Mexican leader during the Mexican-American War in 1847 (tshaonline.org).

The first evidence suggested so is document A with Lincoln saying, “No good man is good enough to another man with other consent.” We as a country should provide them with all the necessary equipment and weapon needed to have an advantage against the Spanish, not making part of our country and having them follow our law. They should have their own government and laws. Not everyone is happy and have an open arm with the new government to their county about to experience and being told what to do. Doc D also stated “when we allies of the Filipinos and armed them to fight against Spain, we disputed Spain’s title.

The misconception that the Indians had about the Spanish is that they never believed that they would come and rape the naïvety from them and brutally kill men, women and children in the name of God. Many are to believe that the slave trade originated from some of the Spanish conquistadors (i.e. through someone such as Christopher Columbus when he founded the “New World” and there invested in the indigenous peoples’ lives). Looking into each Spanish conquistador’s life it is seen and read that they learnt their way of life through following others. The chain connecting each conquistadors and many other Spaniards lifestyles could be seen through their own history and in repeating it the same downfall has been met. Although the Spanish conquistadors have done many terrible things and created horrific events through history there is still a respect of sorts for their courage and audacity to live in such

5 W hitfield, Teresa. Paying the Price: Ignacio Ellacuría and the Murdered Jesuits of El Salvador. Philadelphia: Temple University Press,

It is hard to believe that even the Spaniards imagined that one journey in 1492 will change theirs and world’s history so dramatically. The moment that Spanish foot stepped on American soil started years of prosperity and glory for the Spanish empire but at the cost of the destruction of American societies. The encounter with the new world was controversial historical moment that created one united history instead of two world histories. The discovery led many Spaniards to the new world with the intention of settling the lands but eventually this was the start of devastating of cultures, human populations and traditions. Using power and coercion they spread fear and destruction in the aim of gaining wealth, social precedence and Christian

Although writing in the New World did not originate among the Maya, they gave writing its greatest refinements.(Miller)

Another is that Filipinos have a culture of apathy and tend to use religion incorrectly and passively. People depend on religion and settle for what’s okay. In addition, the initial reaction of Filipinos to change is resistance, and this is why the country does not necessarily progress, or at least, progress at a continuous rate. Then, countries like Spain and Portugal only rode the “economic tiger” after “they realized that the only way to survive was change” (3.Y). Plus, according to another critic, the Philippines already had the experience of being under the parliamentary system during the time of Marcos which only resulted in a People Power Revolution. So why should the country bother going back to that? (4.Y)

Many authors like to write fantasy novels, stories that detached themselves from reality, novels that tell us about magic, parallel dimensions, between others. But even in these fictional stories there is still the presence of the universal themes that can be touched not only in this kind of novels but also in the simpler ones, themes like the fight between good and evil, love, between others.

The foundation of the Philippine culture is a mixture of a variety of other cultures that has a long standing history within the