America Ferrera

There were many changes and continuities within the Atlantic world. The first and biggest change was the change in the caste system in Mexico. The next big change was the slaves in which they exchanged in the Americas. The final change was the change mercantilism to capitalism in Europe. The caste system changed because it became more specific. In Spain before the 1450s they had a general caste system that consisted of if you were spanish or not. If you were full blooded Spanish then you were the

If we go all the way back to the time when man first began to explore all corners of the earth, they have had to carry food and other provisions with them to sustain themselves along the way. In addition, explorers seeking new land also carried with them familiar animal and plant species to establish colonies in new places. Unbeknownst to them at the time, they were the ones directly responsible for breaching the delicate barriers that isolated biogeographical biotas from one another. On the other

The European expansion into the new world was about three things, god, gold and glory. Columbus himself wanted to travel to Asia to become rich and leave an empire for his sons. The reason Columbus expedition was funded was to create a Spanish dominance of the wealth of Asia, specifically the spice trade. The people who came to the foreign land were conquistadors and missionaries looking to make their mark and spread the religion to the ignorant natives or to conquer the “indians” and claim their

Why was Charles Town Difficult to Settle? Settlers that came to America, specifically Charles Town, always had hope but their futures were never certain. The Spanish were the first Europeans to explore South Carolina. More land meant more riches and power, which is exactly what they were looking for. Unfortunately they ran into some problems such as unfavorable weather, sickness, low food supplies, and rancor from the natives therefore, the Spanish departed. About four decades later, Jean Ribault

Life in the colonies weren't as easy as people said they were. One of the two article headlines I am going to be talking about is “Life on a farm” the second one I am going to be talking about is “Education”. These articles were published during that time. To begin, The following headline “Life on a farm” Is factual because we do the same everyday things now as they did back then. Back then people had to plow their fields and we have to do the same things now. Also people had to grow their own

to sail around Africa in order to reach Asia, Spain had another plan. Christopher Columbus rightly believed the Earth was round and if that was the case, he should be able to sail west to Asia. He did reach land, but not Asia, instead he landed in America. After discovering that is was a new continent the Spanish decided to explore. To see what this new world had to offer, and they found it had a lot. It had gold and silver as well as new unique food and spices. Resources that Spain could use to

cattails. America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo went farther south and said that North and South America were contents instead of part of Asia. When Amerigo was little he had many jobs, but he was famous for being a merchant and outfitting boats. When Christopher Columbus got back from the new world a crowd of people including Amerigo was there. After Columbus's partner Berdi died “Amerigo was given the part as a manager of Sevilla agency." Amerigo’s first voyage was central America. Amerigo

• Between 2000 and 1000 B.B., the Mimbres are the corns-raising farmers that migrated into the American Southwest. • Also it was believing that Mimbres people were become part of the pueblo people and in the present day it lives in the New Mexico and Arizona, but is not evidence to link this conclusion. • The modern pueblo seems to share architecture, pottery, material culture traits and inhabitant of pithouses village that are connect to the ancestors of the Mimbres people. • Over centuries

argument that he notes distinguishes America from Europe is that America does not have any “great lords who possess every thing” and is not filled with “a herd of people who have nothing.” He notes that America is so different because there is not a huge gap between the rich and the poor like places in Europe. He notes that there is great equality in America, which is one of the reasons why the place is so great. Crevecoeur numerous times mentions that America does not have much chaos from things

World. The journey of crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the New World was a very long and horrendous trip. Many people were lucky to survive the trip. As a result of economic and religious issues, many Europeans sought a new, fresh start in Colonial America. “In the spring of 1609, two years after the