The accounts of the Spanish conquest of Mexico are often Spanish and almost always "patently self-serving" (Hassig 3). They glorify the ideals of the groups that the authors represent and emphasize the improbability of the Spanish victories. They largely ignore the Native points of view of the conquest‚ due to both a smaller number of Native accounts and due to their own motives. However‚ Hassig presents a balanced narrative of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and considers the Native perspectives
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February 20‚ 2012 HIST 125 Comparison of the Spanish Conquest After the Spanish Conquest‚ many written document have become used as sources that help recount major events from the past. Therefore‚ it becomes that job of historians to analyze sources and determine their accuracy and relevancy. “The Conquest of New Spain” written by Bernal Díaz and “The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico” are two sources whose themes can be compared and contrasted in order to determine their
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Three years after Hernan Cortés captured the Mexican capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521‚ the Spanish continued to deceive the Indians into giving them goods and taking over their land. They decided that a good way of doing that would be to convince the native people that they were worshipping the wrong God and they should learn about the right God so they can convert to Catholicism To work this plan‚ Spanish minister general Francisco de los Angeles ordered twelve friars‚ now known as the “apostolic
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discuss the impact Spanish colonization and Mexican control had on the indigenous Indian population in California between 1769 and 1848. As well as discussing the historical origins‚ social organizations‚ material conditions‚ and world-view of the California Indians prior to 1769‚ this paper will explain the impact of New Spain’s Mission System on the Alta California Indian population between 1769 to 1821 and the response of its system by the Indians. Before the Americans and the Spanish there were many
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three main nations were the Spanish‚ French‚ and English. Their ways of colonization varied in their government‚ settlement locations‚ and settlement methods which includes relations with the Natives. Communication across an entire ocean was difficult‚ especially for government. Each Spain‚ France‚ and England had different ways of governing their colonies. Spanish colonies were governed by crown appointed governors‚ or what they called them “viceroys”. The spanish settlers had to obey the king’s
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civilizations of Mexico and South America shaped their vast new world in many ways. The Spanish increased monetary gains‚ gained power and created a new type of breed shaping its vast new world empire. “Spain secured Columbus’s discoveries through the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) dividing the land with Portugal” (Spain’s main competition at the time.) (Kennedy‚ Cohen & Piehl Pg.14.) With the land secured‚ Spain gained more power through many of the lands resources such as gold and silver from Mexico and Peru
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Reaction Paper to Pre-Spanish Colonization When I chose to enroll into the PHST 30 course‚ I really only had one intention for being in this class‚ and that is it is a CSU transferable class. All of my life I have considered myself to be a Filipino-American‚ although I was born and raised here in the United States. I never really knew much about Philippine history and I am actually glad that I am learning a little bit more in each class session. During Pre-Spanish colonization‚ I found some major
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Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad
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Beginning in the 1700’s‚ the Spanish searched Alta California in order to find a place for them to begin colonization. They had a couple of goals they wished to accomplish by settling in Alta California‚ which included; conversion of the native peoples’ to Christianity in order to acquire a larger population and gaining more land in a power race with the Russians. Before the Spanish had arrived‚ the natives were already struggling with diseases which had travelled from animals which they ate‚ for
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The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English are the European countries that settled in the Americas by colonizing the area. The Spanish colonized the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ Incas‚ some parts of the South America and Southwest of North America‚ the French colonized Canada‚ the Dutch colonized New Netherland‚ and the English colonized Virginia and Plymouth among the others. Christopher Columbus sailed to earn money and recognition and spread Christianity and by liberating Jerusalem from Muslim rule. When he
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