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    Choose 1 European Country that colonized between 1500-1600’s in the New World and detail their colonization. Include What‚ When‚ Where‚ Why‚ How‚ Was. One major country that colonized the New World was Spain. In the 15th century in Spain‚ women were 2nd class citizens who had no authority or power in general. However‚ the new king and queen of Spain-Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Castille come into power equally. At this time Christopher Columbus seeks out the king and queen of Spain to grant

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    When the Aztec civilization was taken over by the Spanish‚ many things changed. Some of the changes include‚ war and violence‚ religion‚ disease and population decline‚ the destruction of culture and cities‚ Spanish rule and land owner ship; and a few positive effects. When Cortès and group of 11 ships and five hundred men set out to explore Mexico and the Central American Coast‚ they had no intention of finding a huge new civilization in the middle of a lake‚ although they had heard rumours of

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    Not only were indians missed treated in their own land‚ they also had their own rights stripped away from them from people that didn’t even belong there in the first place. As Christopher Columbus departed from Spain and landed in central america‚ he strongly believed that he had encountered the Indies but as years came‚ conquers captured regions for Spain. Not only were massacres occurring at at the islands‚ but missionaries on the islands were trying to convert the indians to catholicism. But as

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    The Spanish had no idea how lucky they were that the Aztecs misunderstood who they were and why they were there. The Spanish conquistadors were looking for lands to conquer‚ gold to capture‚ and people to convert to the Catholic religion. The Spanish were amazed at what they found in the capital city of Tenochtitlan. Everything was clean. There were “eating houses” and hairdressers. You could buy medicines and herbs and all kinds of food. You could buy meat and game. There were streets that

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    The Spanish conquistadors’ motives greatly affected the people living in the new world. These motives influenced the Native Americans in all different ways some ways better or bigger than others. Three of the biggest motives that effected the Native Americans were gold‚ Christianity‚ and glory. The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In

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    Spanish Aztec War

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    | | The Aztec-Spanish War: Causes and Effects Shane J. Bergen HIST101 American History to 1877 Professor Lawhorn May 28‚ 2013 The Aztec-Spanish War The Aztec empire was one of the strongest and most expansive empires in the 15th century. They cemented their power by securing strategic alliances‚ but they also established enemies who would eventually aid their demise. The Aztec-Spanish War is officially described to have lasted between 1519 and 15211‚ but many events before

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    Savage or Civilized: Aztecs vs The Spanish     Imagine what it would of been like if the Aztecs won the battle of 1519 against the  Spanish. Would present day Mexico be a lot more different than what it is today? Would of  they have been more advanced or a lot more savage? During the past few couple of weeks  I’ve learned a lot about the Aztecs and Spanish and how the encounter of these two  civilizations from different sides of the world affected the world that we live in now today. I was  also

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    Have you ever wondered the methods in history‚ to wipe out a powerful empire? Hernan Cortes‚ the Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain‚ in the 16th century. The Aztecs were a Nahuatl speaking nation of central Mexico‚ in MesoAmerica. They were very powerful and wealthy in natural goods‚ in addition to creating their own weapons and techniques. When Hernan Cortes came to the land of the heart of the Aztecs‚ he had brought unknown weapons and diseases to the Aztecs

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    Spanish Influence on the Tainos Numerous individuals know how Columbus As a collective group of individuals‚ we learn of those who have lived before us – from the discovery of the West Indies to the interaction of the natives and colonist. However‚ even when the colonists have discovered these lands‚ it has been unclear as to which group of natives has been affected the most due to the arrival of the Spanish. As historians and their books have recorded‚ Columbus “discovered” the West Indies

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    Chapter 1 Study Guide The Spanish Empire in the Americas 1. Three arguments’ that Juan Gines de Sepulveda used to justify enslaving the Native Americans were for gold‚ ore deposits‚ and for God’s sake and man’s faith in him. 2. Three arguments that Bartolome de las Casas gave in attacking Spanish clonial policies in the New World were the Indians eating human flesh‚ worshiping false gods‚ and also‚ he believed that the Indians were cowardly and timid. 3. For comparisons that Sepulveda

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