Ch. 19: Early Latin America Introduction -During the 15th+16th centuries‚ Spain and Portugal colonized the Americas • Colonies were dependent (unlike Russia’s expansion) -Created economic dependency on W w/ lasing effects • Colonies maintained special contact w/ W (like Russia) -But Russia could decide what to borrow; colonies had W forms imposed • Superior tech.‚ horses‚ and disease allowed conquerors to dominate natives • Social hierarchy changed by intermarriage of natives+Europeans and
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He used the encomienda system which was a disguised form of slavery. * Bartolome de las Casas: de las Casas‚ a former conquistador‚ publicly criticized the ruthlessness with which Columbus and his successors treated the Amerindians. * Michel de Montaigne * Giovanni Bernini * Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in 1533. He used the encomienda system which was a disguised form of slavery. * Ferdinand
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American Indian Holocaust. The conquistadors didn’t intend to find the Americas they didn’t even think they existed; the only thing they wanted was new trade routes. But either way it doesn’t excuse what they did to the Native Americans using the Encomienda System as an excuse. As soon as the Spanish conquistadores discovered the Americas‚ thanks to Columbus‚ and realized the riches it contained they started major voyages which cause them to discover a different race who were naïve and not civilized
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Simón Bolívar and his Address to Congress In Simón Bolívar’s message to the Congress of Bolivia‚ he introduced new concepts that he felt would provide a better outcome for the country and the people of Bolivia. He shared his views on what he considered the necessary changes for the Bolivian government. He proposed a new system of representation‚ which were the four political powers. The four political powers are similar to a federal system. He suggested that the people would be the ones who appoint
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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Although some may argue that religion has been a dividing force in the past‚ faith and beliefs have brought people together for centuries‚ and therefore religion has been a unifying force in history. For any religion to successfully unite large groups of people‚ it has to have an appealing system of beliefs‚ and both Islam and Christianity have this trait. Islam was originally founded by the Prophet Muhammad in about 622 C.E. He taught that there was only one God‚ Allah. His beliefs and teachings
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of slave system. Even though they did have some things in common there were also many differences that were between these empires. Some differences between these two were that the Ottomans had the devshirme slave system and the Spanish had the encomienda system. The devshirme system was the practice in which the Ottomans recruited and then forcibly took Christian boys from their families and put them in Ottoman society. These Christian boys were called Janissaries. The Janissaries were converted
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RIZAL PROVINCE Rizal is a province located in the CALABARZON‚ just 16 kilometers east of Manila. The province was named after the country’s national hero‚ José Rizal. Rizal Governor Dr. Casimiro Ynares III on June 17‚ 2008 announced the transfer of the Capitol from Pasig. Its P 270-million capitol building‚ constructed in Antipolo by Ortigas & Co.‚ owner thereof‚ was completed by December of that year. Built on 5-hectare lot at the Ynares Center‚ it employs 2‚008 employees. The New Capitol was
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The combination of prolonged warfare‚ exploitation‚ disease and the spread of Catholicism gradually asserted Spanish dominion over the indigenous population in America‚ who nonetheless survived and endured both the conquest and 300 years of colonial rule. Due to Spanish pestilence and wholesale slaughter the Native American population was decimated. Committed by Royal decree‚ Spanish conquistadors converted their New World indigenous subjects to Catholicism. Once Native Americans were scattered Spanish
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settled in Cebu and Manila and placed the barangays under the authority of the King of Spain. Initially‚ the colonized territory was organized into encomiendas to facilitate evangelization and collection of tribute from the natives. However‚ because of reports of abuses committed by the encomenderos‚ the colonial authorities abolished these encomiendas and recognized the government of the archipelago into provinces called alcaldias mayors‚ goviernos or corrregimientos‚ each encompassing several municipalities
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