Q1: Defend or refute one of the following statements: The European encounter with the Americas can be viewed as a disaster and a tragedy. Or The European encounter with the Americas can be seen as inevitable development in the history of humanity with long-run positive results. The European encounter with the Americas has more of a negative affect than a positive affect. After Columbus had came back from America with gold‚ many monarchs and countries got excited by the gold and sought formal confirmation
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discovered America. His exploration opened upp settlement and exploitation to North America but also caused the native population to drop due to environmental deterioration‚ subjugation‚ and disease. Another exploer from the 15th century was John Cabot‚ who was also Italian‚ was sent on a voyage across the Atlantic by King Henry VII of England‚ seeking toto find a shorter route to Asia than Columbus’s voyage and to find new lands for England. Cabot then discovered the mainland of North America‚
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book: Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask by: Anton Treuer. The sections I read from the book were based on terminology and history of Native Americans. The book states facts about terminology of identifying Native Americas. Over the years many terms were giving to Indians some being appropriate and others not so appropriate. Reading this books gives incite to people whom are unaware of the history and meaning of terms given to Indians and which is the proper terms
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12th‚ 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas Upon his landing‚ Henretta stated that: “Believing that he had reached Asia — the Indies‚ in fifteenth-century parlance — Columbus called the native inhabitants Indians and the islands the West Indies.” (1) The term “Indians” became synonymous with describing Native Americans‚ and continues to this day. Columbus actually landed in the Bahamas. His discovery prompted further exploration of the Americas‚ sending the race of colonization into motion
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colonized North America. These two nations were in competition for power. Through their government‚ these nations were able to get hold of the Native Americans‚ traded with them and were being able to create a complex society. In this essay‚ we are going to discuss about the similarities and differences of political‚ social‚ and economical of Spanish-Latin America to that of the British. First of all‚ let’s talk about the social structure of the Spanish-Latin America and the British-North America. When the
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Europeans Settled in North America over 500 years ago‚ but why? I have three reasons that I think is what pulled the Europeans to settle in North America. My three reasons are freedom of religion‚ the discovery of new land‚ and to find resources that are rare. The first pull factor for the settlement in North America is the freedom of religion. “Catholic leaders in Spain often burned heretics—nonbelievers—in public during the Inquisition of the 1400s and 1500s.” “Heretics” or "nonbelievers" were
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When Christoford Colombo first discovered the Americas‚ it was a great opportunity for the Europeans‚ especially the Spaniards. They decided to claim the new land for their own. Christopher as he is known now‚ first set eyes on the land of North America on October 12‚ 1492. The following paragraphs were written by various men‚ they include bias and factual accounts of when the Americas were found. Most of the writings of the men from the country of Spain include bias in one-way or another. Christopher
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European influence in the Americas commenced in the late fifteenth century‚ when Christopher Columbus set sail for the Indies.However‚ he discovered a "new world"‚ the Americas. This phenomenal breakthrough would forever change the complextion of the world. European prominence in the Americas can be viewed as a catastophe. These newcomers exploited gold and silver from the native americans. A more severe consequence to the native americans was the exposure to "old world" diseases such as smallpox
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(B.) The Spanish in America- Hernán Cortés Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) This essay is important because of Cortés’s opinion of the Indians of Mexico‚ but also very interesting because of the tone of compliancy coming from the Natives. Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador‚ and at this period‚ he was exploring the land of the Aztecs. He had a large advantage over Indians with his advanced weaponry and the element of surprise on his side. At first‚ Cortés has a very favorable view of the Natives:
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Module 1 Comment on the claims that Nordic and West African people came to the Americas before ColuThe West Africans: The West Africans: As early as the 1920s‚ Leo Weiner‚ the originator of the thoughts that Africans made the journey before Columbus‚ gave evidence to support his ideas. In that specific year‚ he published‚ Africa and the Discovery of the Americas‚ making his points clear to the world. These beliefs and findings were appreciated by few but ignored by many. Eventually‚ historians have
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