##ifesas Argues For The American Indians, And Bartolome De Las Casas

This paper deals with ways history can be interpreted and influences different interpretations have on society and individuals. This is explored through

In the article Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are written by David McCullough, is an essay in which he informs how important it is to learn about our history and how it shapes who we are today. Throughout, he connects important events from American History and relates it to our lives and the world around us. The three main ideas; which are “Character and Destiny”, “Our failure, Our Duty”, and “Listening to the Past”. These ideas

In his essay, In defense of the Indians, Bartolome de las Casas draws few parallels between the Roman Empire’s conquest of Spain and the Spanish conquest of the Americas. First, Casas points out that the Romans referred to the Spaniards as barbaric and wild, while the Spanish also referred to the Indians as barbaric and stupid. Second, both the Romans and the Spanish thought of themselves as superior compared to the other side. Due to their superior feeling, as both the Romans and Spanish conquer, they thought that they are freeing the barbarians from barbarism, where they thought they are improving the living standards of the barbarians. But in reality, the barbarians in both cases were enslaved, and not only were the Spaniards and Indians

Over the past 400 years, these historians all had different stances on how they thought to improve society. With the mix of cultural backgrounds, and ethnicities no two viewpoints will ever be exactly the same. Couvares

It is observed that the historical happenings have a great negativity on the face of the society, which is yet to be fixed. And so, the belief behind, digging up the past, is all about ‘’telling the story of human

2 . One example Stearns uses to explain my history helps us understand people and societies is; though some social scientist have attempted to formulate laws/theories about human behavior, they still depend on historical information (para.5). In The Importance of History in Our Own Lives, Stearns uses histories accuracy, drama, tails and skilled writing appeal as his examples (para. 6). Stearns later tells how history contributes to moral understanding. He does so by telling how studying the stories of individuals and situations in the past can inspire and test a student’s own moral senses (para.6). Stearns then gives examples in how history provides identity. Using historical data, family identity is established as well as the history of institutions, businesses, communities, and social units

This study would closely analyze various aspects related to “Thinking Through the Past” by John Hollitz. The author attempts to bring forth certain critical factors, which are closely knitted U.S. history. It can be stated that the major challenge is to identify actual facts embedded in the past. There is a need to reflect upon particular questions and determine probable explanations. When we become skilled at historical reasoning, we are able to better acquire knowledge about the world. History texts usually encompass a practical purpose. In this study, the main aim is to focus on historical evidences associated with U.S. history. Historians are often witnessed to contradict one another. This is simply due to source of motivation, which eventually drags a historian towards a standpoint. “Thinking Through the Past” is an approach undertaken by John Hollitz in order to make students aware about specific reasons that had triggered some well-known battles of U.S. This study shall revolve around the debate, which took place over Philippines, and significance of gender in such controversy. There shall be some views highlighted given by Kristin L. Hoganson on gender concerns.

In “On the American Indians” Vitoria argues that there are few situations that justify a country to use humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian intervention is defined as a military force, publicly stated to end the violation of human rights, against another state. Vitoria discredits the justification of humanitarian intervention in every case, unless one is intervening for an ally or a friend. In this paper, I will argue that his view is more plausible than it may at first appear.

History is relevant and significant to each and every individual. Our ancestors, our culture, our laws, our earth... all of these finite factors have contributed to the posterity of human nature from the macro levels to the micro levels. In the Native American culture specifically, history is exceptionally influential, it burrows itself in the minds of individuals in many ways, consciously and unconsciously. Louise Erdrich and her novel, Plague of Doves, portrays the real and potent effects of historical context on the descendants of Native Americans. In this paper I will be comparing Plague of Doves to another traumatic historical event, the Sand Creek Massacre, and unravel in a transparent way the relationship between history and behavior.

In the 16th century Spaniards Herman Cortes and Christopher Columbus set out on endeavoring journeys in search of new worlds. Christopher Columbus encountered, in the Caribbean islands, a group of extremely simplistic Native Americans. Herman Cortes however encountered a much more advanced Native American group in Meso America; we formally know this area to be Mexico. In my essay I will be comparing and contrasting several aspects between both of these Native American Civilizations including sophistication, technology, housing, weapons, religion and their reaction to the Spaniards. Letters written by Columbus and Cortes will be used to make these comparisons.

Furthermore, Richard’s preface reveals yet another goal of his for writing this book. For the scholar, this book is aimed to vividly connect ideologies separated by literally thousands of years, but Richard believes that the stories he illustrates are essential for all to know; fundamental history that, he believes, is not shown clearly enough through modern education. “Its purpose is not to extend the frontiers of knowledge but rather to reintroduce Americans to a lost part of their heritage in a way that I hope will be both informative and entertaining,” (Richard x).

Bartholomé de las Casas refers to the Spanish Captains as “Enemies of the human race”. They showed no pity or innate humanity whatsoever as they charged their dogs onto the defenseless Indians, tearing them to pieces and devouring them. Moreover, if a Spaniard fell while committing these atrocities, the Captains vowed to slay one hundred innocent Indians in

During the 1500’s, the Spanish saw the New World as a great opportunity to increase wealth, civilization, and Christianity. In 1537, Pope Paul III ruled for the Indians to be treated humanely. This sparked an argument for Ginés Sepúlveda, who described the Indians in a bad manner. However, these comments sparked the interest of Bartolomé de las Casas. He believed that the Indians were civilized and mannerable people, and decided to fight for their rights.

It is easy to perceive that De Las Casas was right because of his passion for freedom and injustice. If the debate of Valladolid were still happening today, perhaps a revolution would ignite civil wars, or division of state. By analyzing the views of Juan Gines de Sepulveda and Bartolome de Las Casas it is evident that people had mixed emotions of these Native Americans.

1. Three arguments’ that Juan Gines de Sepulveda used to justify enslaving the Native Americans were for gold, ore deposits, and for God’s sake and man’s faith in him. 2. Three arguments that Bartolome de las Casas gave in attacking Spanish clonial policies in the New World were the Indians eating human flesh, worshiping false gods, and also, he believed that the Indians were cowardly and timid. 3. For comparisons that Sepulveda used, in lines 1-7, to express the inferiority of the Indians was their prudence, skill virtues, and humanity were inferior to the Spanish as children to adults, or even apes to men. Comparisons he used to dismiss the significance of the Indians