The king of Spain in 1526, King Carlos, granted Francisco, who was labeled as El Adelantado by the king, the right to colonize the peninsula of Yucatán. The first attempt to conquer Yucatán lasted about a year and was led by Francisco de Montejo y Álvarez.…
Before silver was discovered at Potosi, Spain was looking for a way to increase their worth. After they found the silver ores, they…
Hernan, now in power of this region decided to make places for his people to live. He made many plantations called “haciendas”. Spain got very wealthy during this time. From which Spain had then colonized most of America. This later caused African slaves, which the barter starting with Hernan himself.…
Last Summer, I visited Costa Rica on a kayaking trip with Falling Creek, a summer camp in Tuxedo, NC. Every year, 20 or so kids get invited to the program called HUCK, where you go kayaking in places around the world. Last summer, all of the kids that were invited went to Costa Rica where we would have a great time experiencing new culture and great whitewater. The First few days were great and those were some of the most powerful, best rivers I have ever kayaked.…
Spain acquired her America through many motives and events. The Treaty of Tordesillas was the key one, it was the agreement of anything west of Brazil was to Spain and east was to the Portuguese. They exhausted this treaty with imaginary north and south lines that explained spheres of importance. Successions of individual dominance took place rather than one big attack. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado led a voyage into what is now the United States in search of gold and Pedro de Valdivia dominated the Araucanian Indians of Chile and founded the city of Santiago.…
* Christopher COLUMBUS explored and claimed the island on his first voyage in 1492; it became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland.…
The Arawak Indians were the first known people to inhabit the land now known as French Guiana. The next wave of people was the Caribs, who were traveling from Brazil and stayed behind. This group made up the Amerindians, of which there are only a handful of descendants left today. The Spaniards commissioned Christopher Columbus and settled the land in 1498. They occupied the land on and off for the next century.…
The island of Puerto Rico was occupied by indigenous people prior to any European ever reaching the Island. On November 19, 1493 he landed on the island, naming it San Juan. On August 12, 1508 Juan Ponce de Leon, a soldier who had traveled with Columbus in 1493, invaded Puerto Rico with a small army of soldiers and became Puerto Rico's first governor. The first town established was Caparra, located near the south shore of what is today the San Juan Bay. The Tainos who lived on the island, lived in small tribes. They were not physically prepared to resist the Spaniards goal to conquer the island. Their primitive weapons were no match for the Spanish swords and powerful firearms. The Tainos were turned into slaves and used to do mining work.…
Spain) and criollos (Spanish people born in New Spain). Resentment was so great that indians,…
Hispanic Americans are an American (group of people related by culture, race, religion, etc.) who start either from Latin America or Spain. There are more than 50 million Hispanic Americans in the United States, making up over 16 percent of the total American population. The group is composed of people starting from the following countries: Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic; Central American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama; and Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru in South America. Hispanic Americans are scattered all over the United States but are usually mainly located in the Southwest and Southeast. Most Hispanic Americans speak Spanish.…
Spanish colonization started in 1492 when Cristoforo Colombo, Christopher Columbus, arrived in the West Indies .1 Even though Columbus was on route to find a easier, quicker route to India, he stumbled upon an unknown land full of exotic new people, plants, and animals. Columbus was the first Spanish American to come to America, but many more Spanish explorers would follow after him; including Cortes, Aguirre, and Pizarro. The Spanish seemed to be fascinated with what riches the new land would provide them. Their lust for the new goods made them ambitious, selfish, and untrustworthy. They couldn't even trust each other, never mind culturally different people. From the beginning the Spanish acted against each other, in rivalry's such as Columbus versus Francisco, and Aguirre versus Ursua. The relations between the Spanish and the indigenous peoples evaporated quickly because of the Spanish lust for wealth and the religious missionaries forcing their ways upon the native peoples.…
Costa Rica and the United States of America get along quite well. Of course there has been a few bump in the road but nothing bad enough to make us hostile. We are good friends because we help each other out by buying each others products and such. Costa Rica and its relations with other countries are exquisite right now. They have been apart of the international community and have been neutral to most countries for quite some time. Of course it may be hostile to a few countries but everyone seems to have enemies. This country is said to be very beautiful so if I had the time I would gladly visit it and spend a few days on the beach. Things are cheap there and I can be cheap so it would work out great. This country is a very beautiful country that makes its money off of very natural things and I…
• Costa Rica is part of U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-CAFTA) and TLC which means Free Trade Agreement.…
In 1821 the Dominican Republic declared their independence from Spain. The Haitians(After they received their independence) invaded their neighbors and occupied the territory for more than two decades. But the Dominicans never accepted the Haitian rule and on February 27, 1844, Juan Pablo Duarte-considered the father of the country led a bloodless revolt and claimed back the Dominican autonomy. Fearing another Haitian invasion they submitted themselves back into Spanish rule. But the Dominican people never accepted the role, and after four years of armed revolutions they expelled of the Spanish armies troops in the act called the War of Restoration. In 1916 US President Woodrow Wilson sent Marines to where they occupied for for years while protecting them from the Spanish. After they defeated the Spanish they gave The Dominican Republic their freedom.…
There has always been conflict between the Spaniards and the British over the right of the British to cut logwood and settle in the area. The area of Belize was always under dispute since the 1750’s. Spain never occupied Belize because it considered it of very little economic significance to them but yet they still considered it part of their Central American territories including Mexico. When Spain saw that the British began to use logwood and later mahogany for trade they realized that the ‘Murky’ land of Belize actually had some value. The Spaniards later then established treaties to temporarily keep the British to export the log wood and mahogany only in certain territories. The lack of any importance or official establishment on Belize from the Spaniards led the British to begin claiming it as theirs because they were the ones who would constantly come back to continue their trade. They had already self claimed Belize as theirs. In September 1779 a surprised Spaniard attack invasion captured and destroyed St.…