European colonization of the Americas

The Conquistadors are Spanish men that explored who find the new world but most importantly South America. Who was Francisco Pizzaro? He was a Spanish Conquistador who was born around 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. In 1528 Pizzaro was welcomed by the Inca’s leader Wayna Capac but in the Inca’s trusted leader died of small pox. Pizzaro went back to Panama overjoyed and while he was there him and his partners planned for their next conquest. 1529 when he went back to Spain the queen gave them a license…

Before 1750, Native Americans were being discovered, by Columbus in 1492, the new world and founded the European colonies along with French first in the north and along the Mississippi, and the British along the east coast. In turn the Native Americans’ lives changed. The understanding about economically, French responded by agreement. In terms of economy culturally befriended them and the point of religion, the Spanish responded harshly in terms of economy and culture in their search for gold…

The Mexican codex map was made 50 years after the Spanish conquered the Aztecs in 1521. The map illustrates two Mexican towns of Tlaxcala, the traces of the Mexican native society and the influence of the Spanish conquests in these regions. The church of Saint Barbara Tamasolco and Saint Anna situated on the left and right of the map represents each of these towns. The writings on the map resulted from the combination of the local language of the natives and one taken from Spain. Also, many of…

of the Isthmus of Panama to the pacific coast. These two men were born around the same time but accomplished two very different things. Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro heros if you will, of their time and have left a lasting impression on the Americas forever. Hernán Cortés owned land in Cuba. He heard of Spanish expeditions that had been repelled by Indians. He thought that he could accomplish something no one else has before.. In 1519, he arrived on the coast of Mexico with about 600…

had distinct historical experiences due to their geographic locations yet had similar episodes in their history all up until 1821. Moreover, the European explorers that “discovered” these places had different agendas, which ultimately affected the history of the Americas. Mexico, Peru and Brazil had centuries of indigenous tribes inhabiting the Americas. Throughout their history, different tribes had evolved their technologies and cultural practices. The Aztecs and Mayans of Mexico, the Incas of…

as it occurred during a crucial moment in the history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. Not to mention, that the unfortunate massacre of the Aztec empire later became one of the most significant event to in the history of the Spanish colonization of the…

Some might hcharacterize Christopher Columbus as a greedy, Iron-handed invader who commanded men that often despised and disagreed with some of his directives, his determination to succeed and his management skills were undeniably remarkable. “He landed at an Indian village there was in that place and discovered a very delightful plain up the river, and observed that there might be trenches drawn from the river into the town for erecting mills and other conveniences for building” Columbus was…

While most Spaniards believed that the harsh treatment of the natives during the conquest of the Americas was necessary to accomplish the Spanish Imperial objectives in the region, there were many who opposed those treatments. Bartolomé de las Casas a Catholic priest, was the most eloquent critic of Spanish mistreatment of the New World’s native population (de las Casas, p.7). In his document, History of the Indies (1528), de las Casas aimed to inform the public back in Spain of the atrocities…

To begin with, Hernan Cortes wanted to conquer, what is now known as Mexico, and to do that he would have to defeat the Aztecs. The Aztecs controlled majority of Mexico, and was Cortes’s main target to defeat, so that he could have control over what he set out to conquer. Throughout his journey through Mexico he discovered a native group who were also against the Aztecs, the Tlaxcalans. The only way he could defeat them was with there help. With both armies united, they went on with their…

The Bartolome de las Casas document, “The Devastation of the Indies”, written in 1565, says many things regarding both the Indians and the Spanish Christians. Bartolome de las Casas describes a number of events that took place between the Indians and the Christians who settled in the Indies, many of which were not respectable events. In “The Devastation of the Indies”, Bartolome writes about his view on the way the Indians were, on the way the Spanish were, and on the way the Spanish treated the…