Spanish and English colonization efforts were very different with the English’s methods being more successful and profitable. Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus found the Americas and mistook them for India. Spanish Conquistadors came with the goals of “God‚ Gold‚ and Glory” and came seeking gold and riches. The Spanish also came with instructions to convert the natives to Catholicism. They invested in short term ventures that while initially very profitable
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pages 1-11? His thesis for the first eleven pages is to describe past events as they happened. Regarding Columbus‚ Zinn wouldn’t glorify him as a hero‚ because he wasn’t. He was violent and greedy and would describe him as such. 3. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? as an enlightened‚ peaceful explorer who befriended the native people. Christopher Columbus‚ portrayed by Zinn as an agent of conquest with a lust for gold and other resources‚ was one who had the
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Christopher Columbus is usually the name that comes to mind whenever someone mentions natives being converted. He enslaved inhabitants of the West Indies and forced them to convert to Christianity and abandon whatever they had done before the Europeans came. Another
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map. To explain a typical Spanish voyage I am using an example of what Christopher Columbus had to go through. First you must go to the royal castle to see Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to beg for the chance to get money for your voyage [a ship and a crew]. If you make it past that you must make sure you have everything you need if the king and queen can’t supply you with a crew you must find one what Christopher Columbus did was use the Jew and Muslim prisoners from the inquisition. Plus you
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Mr. Gerald Golden Alfred Crosby dubbed it the Columbian Exchange. Simply describing the interchanges between the Old World and the Americas‚ these interchanges included animals‚ plants‚ and diseases; and took place in the Caribbean in 1492 after Columbus arrived. Ironically enough‚ the Columbian Exchange was an astonishing benefit to Europe and its colonies‚ while being a complete misfortune for the Native Americans. The Columbian Exchange was a quite indistinct concept‚ and developed by a fairly
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stuck in-between both of Genoa and Venice‚ were he was captured as a prisoner. there he meet a famed writer Rusticello and reveled his journeys. Rusticello’s writings about Polo were successful in several parts of Europe and even inspired Christopher Columbus to start traveling. Although Rusticello’s writings were successful when Polo finally returned to Venice his stories fell to death ear and majority of the people didn’t believe his adventures‚ and on his deathbed a priest asked him to confess
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This is significant because throughout the Caribbean for the next few hundred years‚ resistance movements were very influential in the abolishment of slavery to both the USVI and the rest of the Caribbean. The tribe’s success to run Columbus off the island showed that they were dangerous and did have a fighting chance against the Spaniards. The caribs slowly started to diminish after this conflict‚ possibly because of famine and disease that the Europeans brought with them or orders
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preserve their foods. They explored America after its “discovery” ‚ by Christopher Columbus‚ for its vast landscape and potential to build colonies and use the lands natural resources to maintain and run an economy. Africa was first ventured to by Europeans for trade of jewels‚ gems and other sought after commodities‚ but then became targeted for its native people to be used as workers in their new lands. Once Europeans began to take action in moving
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It had a massive effect on the world at the time. One of the most important effects was exploration. The printing press started a revolution because it made it easier to print more maps‚ and explore new routes. Without the printing press‚ Christopher Columbus would not have been able to share the news about discovering current day America. The printing press has made amazing changes to the world. During the 1400s the need for printing presses increased‚ and so did the need to explore. Once
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on a ship called the Matthew. The Matthew was a fifty ton ship that could move quickly with a crew of eighteen men. Cabot and the crew sailed west and north because Cabot believed that sailing to Asia would be faster from north Europe than Christopher Columbus did on the trade wins. Fifty days into the voyage‚ John Cabot landed on the east coast of North America‚ around Cape Breton Island‚ which is near Maine. John Cabot then proceeded with a small amount of men and claimed the entire continent for
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