Were the Spaniards That Cruel? by Gregory Cerio (Newsweek [Special Issue]‚ Fall/Winter 1991‚ pp. 48-51) [online source: Columbus and the Age of Discovery Text Archive‚ Millersville University http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/CERIO-01.ART] For the Spanish‚ the Columbus Quincentennial stirs an ambivalent nostalgia‚ blending pride and pain. Spain’s shining memories of its Golden Age‚ when the nation stood at the summit of world power‚ have been tarnished by critics
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Michaellia Crebbs Professor Vidmar English 102 17 September‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus; Hero or Villain In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus‚ discovered America. More than 500 years later Columbus Day is a national holiday. Statues are up‚ even in Pueblo‚ and thanks are given for what he has done for us. We learn about him in grade school and we are told of his brave adventures. However twenty years later in my first history class another picture is being painted of Columbus; not from my History
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The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. 2012 Equiano‚ Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavass Vassa‚ the African Written by Himself. New York: Norton 2001. “Encomienda.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2011. Britannica Online. Web. 31 Jan. 2014 Las Casas‚ Bartolomé de. History of the Indies. Web. 31 Jan. 2014
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First bishop arrived in America in 1511‚ That year‚ in Hispaniola‚ a Dominican‚ Antonio de Montesinos preached his sermon in which he condemned the encomienda system (as an example of exploitation). King Ferdinand called on a Junta (meeting). This Junta met in Burgos in 1512 enacted an important law: The Law of Burgos of 1512-1513. This regulated labor and conversion of the Amerindians. This legislation
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indigenous people were either killed during war‚ died due to diseases or were subdued and forced to work on an encomienda system. Those who weren’t were either taken away to work as slaves in other Spanish Colonies’ some fled to bushes and formed maroons and some passed due to bad treatment and/or diseases. Those who didn’t were forced into a work system called an encomienda. The encomienda system established by Columbus in 1499 was supposed Christianize‚ clothe and pay
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Contribution of American to the Philippines 1. Independence - America helped the Philippines to eliminate the Spaniards in the country thus helping the Filipinos to end the suffering from the Spanish reign. This was the first step of the country to stand on their own and start a new beginning. 2. Government -we adapted and patterned some of our constitution with the Americans’. 3 Sports - Filipino favourite sport had been basketball‚ and other foreign sports instead of the national sports which
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Cesi Salmeron Change Over Time Essay February 13‚ 2008 The Spaniard and Portuguese exploration from 1400-1600 led to the arrival in Latin America. However‚ once the Spaniards arrived‚ they exploited forced labor used by Native American predecessors. Eventually this leads to African slave labor. Europeans sought economic gain and social mobility. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. Thus‚ the use of labor systems in
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In 1494‚ Queen Isabella sent out and edict saying that “Indians have souls” therefore‚ it is the duty as a conquistador to save them. As a result‚ an encomienda system was established in 1512 by Fray Nicolas de Ovando. The encomienda system regulated Native labour and behavior during Spanish colonization. In exchange‚ the encomenderos were to take responsibility for the Natives via converting to the Christian faith‚ protect them from warring
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enslavement of the natives. Nevertheless‚ the Spaniards still relied on the labor of the natives to assist them in building the colonies. Instead‚ the Spaniards relied on the newly developed system of encomiendas‚ which were legal labor systems that was developed in order to reduce the abuse of forced labor (“Encomienda”). During the Portuguese colonization of Brazil‚ King João granted captaincies to donatários. These captaincies were detrimental for the natives in Brazil‚ as the donatários disrupted their
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The collision of the New and Old World brought with it many consequences‚ whether they be favorable or disastrous. Notably‚ the exchange of flora and fauna between continents was beneficial to everyone. The Europeans introduced the Natives to horses‚ cows‚ and pigs; The horses quickly spread through the North American mainland and were adopted by the Apaches‚ Sioux‚ and Blackfeet Indian tribes. Likewise‚ the Europeans first saw exotic animals‚ such as rattlesnakes and iguanas. They also revolutionized
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