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became a teenager he enlisted in the Spanish army (Donaldson-Forbes 5). His father was

The Spanish did not want to coexist fairly with the Puebloans after colonizing their territory by forcing upon them Catholicism, slavish labor, and confiscating their scarce supplies, so the Puebloans devised to revolt. The Puebloans were misdirected with the system they would be placed under in exchange for labor and supplies known as the Encomienda system they would soon oppose. They were equally misdirected by the Inquisition which after its understanding would not agree with either. It was no

Nick Schweitzer Malintzin’s Choices Malintzin had an important role in the ancient history and colonization of Latin America. She would rise from just a simple servant girl and slave, to become one of the key factors of the Spanish colonization of the indigenous natives in the New World. She helped translate for the Spanish conquistadors and even Hernando Cortés himself. Malintzin’s interpreting skills would prove crucial in the dealings between Hernando Cortés and the Aztec emperor Montezuma

when the Spanish came to America most of the books containing essential information of these civilizations were destroyed. Some of the written works that were rescued pertained to both: Mesoamerican and Spanish authors. The Mayan and Aztec works “Chilam Balam” and “Presagios según los informantes de Sahagún” describe Spanish brutality and abuses, defining them as violent. In contrast Spanish works “Segunda Carta de Relación de Hernán Cortes” and “Carta de Pedro de Alvarado” justify Spanish actions

There are many reasons why the Aztec Empire was conquered by the Spanish and not vice versa, some of these reasons are blatantly obvious but others are more obscure. The Spanish were far more technologically advanced than the Aztecs but that is just the start of the story. One common reason people associate with Spain being able to conquer the Aztecs is simply the fact that they were more technologically advanced. While this is one reason that Spain was able to conquer the Aztecs it is not the

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I guess the song forgot the sin, that the Spaniards killed 8 of 10. While Columbus’ voyage is the start of America as we know it, it came at a great cost to the Native Americans. They contracted diseases from the Spaniards, were abused, forced into Christianity and had resources stolen from them. So, the question is, due to the fact that the Native Americans were abused and taken advantage of by the Spaniards, how can we justify Columbus

In 11th Century, The Spanish Empire sent men to conquer the Americas and they discovered natives in the area. As a result of their interactions with the natives, a debate as to how they should treat or interact with the natives got to a boiling point, and was settled in a debate in Valladolid in 1550, with two men defending either side of the world’s first debate on morality. One of these men was Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican Catholic friar who spent some time with the American Natives, and

ships out of the Caribbean and right between the straits of Florida and the Bahamas then up the East coast of America; the area between Florida and the Bahamas became a prime spot for Royal ships or pirates to ambush ships filled with valuables heading back to Europe. Spain believed they had rights to the continent because they had the blessing of the Catholic Church, the

de Gómara (1552) When people are asked, “who were the Conquistadors and what did they do?” One may respond, “Conquistadors came from Spain and settled the Americas.” An answer such as that may suffice and is factual. However, the Conquistadors were more than settlers,

Reagan Black HIST 1312 02 Dr. Christopher Richmann April 10, 2016 Spanish and Aztec Cultural Encounter On November 8, 1519, Spanish leader, Hernan Cortes landed in modern day Mexico, bringing along six hundred Spaniards and a lot of native allies. The Aztecs, who were natives in Mexico, welcomed Cortez with opened arms because they believed he was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl. From the beginning, they were willing to share their land and wealth with the Spaniards but they Spaniards did not want