Christopher Columbus reached Cuba on October twenty-eighth, 1492 (García, The Colonial Era). Twenty years later in 1510, the conquest of Cuba began (García, The Colonial Era). Then after one year of the Spanish exploring Cuba, Diego Velázquez was appointed as the governor of Cuba (García, The Colonial Era). He then crushed all indigenous resistances easily (García, The Colonial Era). The had much better weapons than the Cubans, like metal weapons and guns (García, The Colonial Era). The Spanish brutally killed thousands of native Cubans without hesitation. When the Spanish arrived, they made immediate impacts on the natives’ ways of life. hey brought new economic activities, such as ship making and farming. Spain nearly ruined the …show more content…
Instead of hunter-gatherers who weren’t very productive, people became farmers (García, The Colonial Era). The development of agriculture was very important to the development of Cubans because before the Cubans did not have enough food to support people working in other professions like metalworkers (García, The Colonial Era). Not being able to have many other professions in a tribe was the reason why many of the tribes did not have complex cities or towns. The conquistadors discovered tobacco, a cash crop, which started a new trend in Europe and created a high demand for Cuban tobacco, which helped the Cuban and Spanish economy (García, The Colonial Era). Another cash crop that was harvested in Cuba because of the Spanish was sugar. As soon as sugar arrived in Europe, it was in high demand for Cuban farmers (García, The Colonial Era). Cuba was also used as a rest stop to house passengers and crews of ships while their ships would be repaired by the townspeople (García, The Colonial Era). It was very helpful for Spain as it allowed them to get to Mexico safer and easier (García, The Colonial Era). It also created jobs for Cubans (García, The Colonial Era). Slavery was also introduced to Cuba (García, The Colonial Era). It added all of the economic activities and created a more prosperous economy (García, The Colonial
Cuba “held an economical potential that attracted American business interests and a strategic significance for any Central American canal” (Goldfield, Abbott and Anderson, p 638). Cuban rebellion “erupted again in 1895 in a classic guerrilla war… [and] American economic interests were seriously affected” (book pg638). The Spaniards started confining the locals to concentration camps “where tens of thousands died of starvation and disease” (book pg 638). This gained a lot of publicity throughout America as journalist’s were reporting the harsh treatment, which helped persuade our nation to intervene. Furthermore, this led to growing tension between Spain and
Before the Spanish ship that changed it all, which arrived in the “New World” in 1492, there was a vast population of native people who had lived on this land for centuries prior. That ship, skippered by Christopher Columbus, raised arguably one of the most influential turning points in Native American and European history. It sparked the fire of cultural diffusion in the New World which profoundly impacted the Native American peoples and the European settlers.
In 1959, Fidel Castro led a group of rebel forces to end and overthrow Fulgencio Batista’s regime in an effort to free the Cuban people from his tyrannous rule. For very many different political reasons this has been portrayed as an act of great injustice and hypocrisy in the modern world. A lot of this has of course been advocated primarily by the US due to the high level of political tension between the two nations that developed in the mid 1950s. Believing this conventional wisdom that Castro was simply an evil communist who oppressed his people and stripped them of their human rights is very dangerous because it
The introduction of the spanish discoverers revealed how the native americans’ lives would be changed due to enslavement, forced religion, and the destruction of their homes. If it wasn’t for the story of Marco Polo “visiting” the Indies describing the place as a heaven on earth, the place were incredible riches are stored, where there are villages of gold, then there would never have been an interest in finding a new trade route. Which never would have brought about the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus, it also would have never brought the hardships, tragedy, and utter genocide of the native americans.
The Spanish-American war consisted of a series of influential battles that pitted America and many of Spain’s colonies against Spanish rule, and ended with Spain losing its colonies and America gaining control over more and more land. In 1898, America joined a war being pit against Spain to force the Spanish to relinquish all control of their colonies, including Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. This same war ended only a few months later, with Spain suffering huge losses and America gaining money and territories. The Spanish American war could be split into three main points of interest: How and why the Spanish American war started, The battles of Manila, Santiago de Cuba, Asomante, and Las Guasimas ( And the Rough Riders) , and the aftermath of the war. One of the most interesting territories was Cuba. Although the Spanish american war was not a long and costly war, it changed many people's lives indefinitely.
Contact with the Native American population changed those Europeans who settled in the Americas. Europeans who came used the numerous natives as labor workers to build their powerful empires like the Spaniards. They also used the populations to provide food and shelter, and even
The indigenous American colonies were heavily impacted by the Europeans colonization. They brought in weeds, vermin, and deadly microbes which devastated the Native Americans(39). However the Native Americans were introduced to guns, clothing, and a variety of goods that would make living much more easier for them. The Native Americans were better fed and clothed than ever before (49).
After the arrival of the Spanish into the New World,the Native Americans lives changed drastically during the 15-16th hundreds. It brought major changes,politically,socially,and economically. The Natives were obviously vulnerable and submissive towards the Spanish.These events that I’m going to talk about shaped and changed the lives of many of Native Americans.It's the most unforgettable history of all times because it was the most unbelievable story.
Although both Cuba and Mexico have Spaniard influence that is the most they have in relation to each other historically. Not much of Cuba is known before the arrival of the Spaniards in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, upon arrival there were no indigenous peoples on the island. Where in Mexico there plenty of indigenous people from Aztecs, Mayans, to Tzotzil. When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico in 1529 there were natives roaming around everywhere. After the arrival of the Spaniards in Cuba, the island was being used as a slave stop before
Some natives from Latin America may disagree with the idea of the conquistadores? influence being beneficial. They remark that all that the Spanish brought was sickness and disease which the Latin American natives had little or no immunity to, causing great numbers of death in the population (Wood). They also claim that Spaniards took advantage of
The Cuban revolution had great domestic and international influences and reshaped Cuba’s relationship with the world, especially with United States, which continues an embargo against Cuba as of this very day. Immediately after the revolution, Cuban government started a program of nationalization and political consolidation, which ultimately transformed Cuba’s economy and society.
many lands it had lost. Spain had captured Cuba and turned it to Spanish rule. The Cubans did
The Spanish colonizers had a huge influence on the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Peru’s, culture, language, traditions, religion, even on their native food. One can say that this came into being shortly after Columbus discovered the New World. The Spanish conquistadors, who sailed with Columbus to the New World, were the first to leave their mark on the new territory. We still see some of these traditions in today’s society. The Spanish taught the Indians of their oral traditions of legends and jokes, music, food, beliefs, and customs. The Indians even picked up on their native tongue, Spanish, and used it as their own and still do to this day. There are many things in the Mexican culture which have contributed to the shaping and molding of the modern Latino society, such as the Mexican history, culture, language, religion, and traditions.
Cuba had partaken in globalization through its interactions with the USSR and the US. Cuba was a developing country and needed support to eventually be able to rely on itself. After the collapse of the USSR, Cuba was one of the only socialist
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