The story of how Pizzaro conquered the Inca Empire is when he first journeyed to the Isthmus of Panama with a Spanish conquistador‚ Vasco Nunez De Balboa‚ and how Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific. Then Pizzaro heard a rumor about an Empire in the South that had a lot of gold like large amounts of gold and how they had sculptures of solid gold of Inca riches. Then‚ in 1531 Pizzaro then left 180 men in Panama in an attempt of the conquest to conquer the Inca Empire and take advantage
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David Warren December 10‚ 2010 CMLT277 The Contributions and Perceptions of Bartolome de Las Casas After reading Carlos Fuentes’ book‚ “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World”‚ he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class)‚ Bartolome de Las Casas is viewed as a devoted
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The Thirty Two Laws Of Burgos Summary of Each Law 1: The Indians are to be removed from their land and placed into encomiendas. For every fifty Indians‚ four lodges shall be built (thirty by fifteen feet). This land cannot be taken from them since they were taken from their original land. Their original land will be burned so that they cannot return to it. The Indians will do the planting of all of the food. During the proper seasons‚ the encomenderos (men looking over the Indians) will
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hardship as a result of trade. Despite‚ Spain declining economically‚ they became more diverse culturally as a result of more people living in their empire. Religiously‚ Spain had more followers of Christianity as a result of Spanish conquests and the encomienda system (Cracking the Ap World History Exam). In all‚ though Spain experienced a glimpse of success it could have been experience even more. Thought the empire declined and became very unstable‚ Spain exhibited a monumental impact on the
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The Philippines Under Spanish Rule (1600s-1800s) REASONS FOR SPANISH COLONIZATION When King Charles send an expedition to the East‚ his purpose was for commercial. But when Legazpi succeeded laying foundation in the Philippines‚ the Spanish claim the archipelago in two reasons: first‚ since the Philippines was discovered under the patronage of Spain‚ Philippines therefore was owned by Spain; second‚ since Spain‚ being in actual possession of the Philippines‚ it had the right to colonize it. As such
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Although this was neither gold nor land ownership‚ the encomienda shaped early Spanish colonialism in the Americas in ways that would eventually affect world trade. The wealth‚ fame‚ and success accruing to an individual conquistador depended to great extent on the kind of indigenous society that the conqueror
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Impact of Historical Processes in the Caribbean. Migratory movements and the establishments of patterns of settlements by different groups within the Caribbean from pre-Columbian times to the present. The development of systems of productions: Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship and the plantation system. Responses of Caribbean people to oppression and genocide: resistance‚ development of peasant groups. Movements towards independence Political enfranchisement Movement towards Independence
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itself in central themes of Caribbean history: genocide and revolution. These themes were discussed prior to the beginning of the colonization period which dated back to the 1783s‚ the period of the encomienda system to emancipation‚ indentureship and independence in 1962. The system known as the encomienda system was on within which the Spanish monarchs decided that the native population should be divided up amongst the Spaniards‚ who had the right to exact from them some form of tribute such as produce
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David Answer 6A Caribbean Studies Mrs. Anderson "The history of the Caribbean is the history of exploitation of labour." Discuss with reference to Encomienda‚ Slavery and Indentureship. According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ exploitation is defined as being the action or condition of treating someone or a group of people unfairly in order to benefit from their work‚ also‚ labour refers to work that is done using bodily strength and effort. In a historical sense‚ the Caribbean can be defined as
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The Spanish crown reluctantly agreed to the giving of encomiendas in light of the fact that it expected to give a reward to the conquistadors(The Gilder Institute). The system basically consisted of men whose only talent was to kill people‚ cause disorder and to torture. The rulers/kings hesitated several times
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