In Christopher Columbus’s composed letter to Luis De Santangel announcing his discovery on his “hurried voyage” of the “New World”, and his King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella boasting to the world, countries soon became envious, thus embarking the age of exploration. In Columbus's letter to the royal highnesses of Spain, the colonists, Native Americans, were “timid” and afraid to fight against the Spaniards, as their weaponry was no match for theirs. As a consequence, this lead to the use of scare tactics, a form of manipulation that depends on exaggerated fear and repetition to influence the public towards the Spaniards benefit, thus the exploitation of the Indian population. Degrading them to a form of impar subhuman, referenced as a “slave”.…
In 1492 the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus set sail to try to find a faster route to India for the Spanish, but instead ended up in America. Along his voyage Columbus had many economical, social and religious influences.…
Who was the navigator, colonizer, and explorer extraordinaire that fearlessly journeyed the seas and “discovered” the great “New World”? It was Christopher Columbus, of course! However, in reality, Columbus didn’t actually discover the Americas. Rather, he traveled to an already-inhabited land with not-so-civilized inhabitants, and expropriated both the land, and the indigenous people. By doing this, he brought settlers from Europe, who helped take over the land, causing plenty of suffering and havoc, but also completing the map and transforming life for people around the world. Some believe he was a hero, and some believe he was a monster. However, one man’s gain is another’s loss in most cases. Columbus brought change, both good and bad, through his actions, which defined his character and personality.…
Midterm Exam Mardin Shinoo Professor Michael W. Johnson Revolutions in History North Park University Chicago, Illinois October 2014 Tennis Court Oath was an agreement proposed by Jean-Joseph Mounier on June 20, 1789. As part of the third estate, they were locked out of the usual meting hall and suspected that the king wanted them to disband. They took an oath to never separate until there was a written constitution was established for France. Humanism was a Renaissance cultural movement from the 1400s to the mid 1600s.…
The journey and colonization of the new world proved to be a monumental task, yet daunting task that presented a new set of challenges for the settlers. In his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, the king and queen of Spain in the late 15th century and early 16th century, Christopher Columbus describes his colonization of the new world as a massive potential for the seemingly untouched utopia of natural resources. The letter reveals a sense of urgency and uncertainty in Columbus derived from the competition between world powers over the Island of Espanola and the unknown direction the New World would take. Columbus’ purpose in writing the formal letter is to explain to the “Most High and Mighty Sovereigns” what he considers pivotal in the settlement,…
In the first chapter of A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, the main focus is on the Indians, Christopher Columbus and the human progress and the author’s way of presenting factual information. Christopher Columbus is introduced as the famous navigator and explorer of the “New World”. We were taught in school that he discovered America and that was just enough for our tiny brains to like him because America is built on freedom and justice. We assumed that the man who “discovered” the place we call home had the same moral and ideals. Sadly, what was neglected to be taught in school was that our ideas about Christopher Columbus weren’t entirely true, infact we were even given the whole story.…
All across the continent of Europe, darkness and death greets every living soul. The Bubonic Plague has obliterated over a third of the population in less than a five year period. The Middle Ages had been ongoing in Europe for nearly a thousand years, and original Greek and Roman culture had been forgotten. All had seemed hopeless for the life of an average European. Suddenly, at around 1350 A.D in Italy, a major shift in history caused Europe to spring into a Modern Era. This period in history is known as the Renaissance, or rebirth in learning. Humanism was a new concept that was focused on during this period, or the focus on the individual and that humans are creative. This period began with the Italian Renaissance and later spread into…
Humanism Humanism is reasoning that bloomed amid the Renaissance. The sciences tested the power of God's celestial arrangement, which as per the medieval mentality, represented everything about the universes constitution. Humanism rather grasped examining and signed keeping in mind the end goal to pick up a superior comprehension of God's creation, and thus to do respect to the heavenly arrangement. This oppositely limited perspective empowered the humanists to recuperate the achievements of a traditional relic, despite the fact that it was agnostic. Concerning the visual expressions, the humanist's accentuation on human organization encouraged a reestablished enthusiasm for authenticity and the rendering of life structures and feelings.…
The myth of Christopher Columbus is mistaken. Not many people truly know the full story, but everyone who doesn't, is about to find out…
As many of us are aware today, Columbus is looked to by many Americans as not only a hero but a historical personage, who also carries many burdens. This description is how the film 1492 represents Columbus, in the film he was portrayed as a man of the people who treated the native people with dignity and respect and was looking out for the betterment of the people. The film shows no aspiration to explore and find the true elaborate and barbaric relations that Columbus had with the natives. Although the film does bring the natives into the main plot and consents the cruel system of slavery enforced upon them by the Spaniards, the film also remains far from Columbus's true responsibility for the inhumane conditions imposed upon the natives. Columbus is actually depicted as a guardian of the natives' rights, which could not be more opposite from what Columbus actually wrote in his letters.…
With Columbus Day rapidly approaching us, a day celebrated by millions upon millions of people who dearly believe that he is a hero, you begin to wonder. Do these people know what they are celebrating? While yes, he “discovered” the New World, however people fail to acknowledge that Columbus was in fact a mass murderer. In all likelihood, he brought to life “the worst case of genocide imposed on one nation of human beings by another”.…
The Italian Renaissance is more significant than the Northern Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance was centered around the rebirth of classic Rome and Greece. During the Italian Renaissance artists and intellectuals rose in popularity. The idea of humanism was created in humanism is the idea that humans can attain happiness and should strive for achievement in life. Humanist Scholars interested in the humanities such as literature, moral philosophy, and history. Humanism also help develop idea of individualism. Ere humanism the population lived underneath the feudalistic social system. Humanism changed the view of life by promoting the idea that man could choose using the “god given powers logic” and that life offers opportunity to create…
During the era of exploration, the discovery of unexplored territories had greatly struck interest in the European countries that were on the search for more riches in East Asia. In 1493 under the flag of Spain, Christopher Columbus attempted to reach the Indies by navigating west on the Atlantic Ocean but ended up in new world; the Americas. He reported the new world he discovered in a letter, which grabbed the attention of another writer, Michel de Montaigne, who challenged the perception of how Europeans viewed these “savages”.…
The idea of humanism is interpreted as an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. In combination with the Renaissance it is known to be a cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. Tying both into the lives of women, it was the gateway to women’s full participation in the intellectual life.…
The Renaissance took place from the early 1300’s and ended about 1600 (Hankins, 2007). The movement originated in Italy and spread to England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries (Hankins, 2007). Renaissance is a French world with Latin roots meaning “rebirth” (Hankins, 2007). The Renaissance represented an era of renewed interest in the ancient Greek and Roman cultures after the Middle Ages, an era during which the most important field of study was theology (Hankins, 2007). While the people of the Middle Ages were more concerned with studying theology, the Renaissance thinkers were more interested in the study of humanity (Hankins, 2007). During the Renaissance, an intellectual movement called humanism…