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In Serra’s first mission in the new world to Serra Gordon we see both successes and failures. Serra successfully “converted” many of the Indians, and helped with the construction of several new churches of
Long ago in 1634, the King of England, Charles I, provoked many people to want to leave to the New World, due to the monarchy system. Anna, one of the miserable people under the King’s rule, was just like everyone else and couldn’t stand to live there anymore. Kammie, her sister, and Kathryn, her mom, had been listening to George Calvert in Maryland, one of the few southern colonies, and liked what he had to say. As a family, they made the decision to journey to Maryland, because of the representative government, strong economy, good climate, and especially the catholicism.
What this document provides is an insight into the mindset of Europeans during the 1500s and their attitudes towards the New World. This analysis will summarize the document and demonstrate how the
Bartolome De Las Casas in the excerpt, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, criticizes the tortures inflicted on the indigenous peoples of the West Indies. De Las Casas supports his claim by arguing that the native peoples of the New World are equally holy as Europeans; Native Americans are kind people waiting to be converted. The author’s purpose is to advocate for the indigenous peoples in order to convince the people of Spain that the Native Americans are kind, not savages, contradicatory to what Sepulveda wrote. The author writes in a knowledgable and a matter-of-fact tone for the educated Catholic people of Spain, whose only knowledge of the Native Americans are from Sepulveda’s book filled with fallacies.
Back in the early 1600s Europeans were traveling to the New World for many reasons, such may be for profit, like planting tobacco, those would be the colonist who would settle in Virginia. The people of the Plymouth Plantation came to the colonies, because of their children losing touch with their British roots while living in Holland. " We were all ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two months, with victual to live. "(Smith 3) Everyone who traveled to the New World faced hardships that were very difficult to endure, but it was "God's will". These two different colonies faced hardships, similar yet also different.
Ferdinand and Isabella Spain is one of the world’s major powers and has been for a long time. However, before Ferdinand and Isabella, the country of Spain did not even exist. They united two kingdoms together to form the country of Spain. In addition, Ferdinand and Isabella led the Spanish Reconquista which drove the Muslims out of Spain and established Spain as a strong military force.
Back in the 17th century Europeans were traveling to the New World for many reasons, such maybe for profit, like planting tobacco, those would be the colonist who would settle in Virginia. The people of the Plymouth Plantation came to the colonies, because of their children losing touch with their British roots while living in Holland. “ We were all ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two months, with victual to live. ”(Smith 3) Everyone who travelled to the New World faced hardships that were very hard to endure, but it was “God’s will”.
Although the author claimed that this move from England across the Atlantic to New England would be “worthy of a Christian”, the main goal of this passage, as shown through the intended audience, was to move English settlers to the New World in hopes of finding new land to gain social status that they could not in overpopulated 16th century
The significance of the English, French ,and Spanish explorers’ arrival to America is because it eventually lead to the establishment of the colonies. The colonies mostly English, lead to the start of America. If the explorers had not gone to America, it [America] would not be the country it is
People leave their homeland for many reasons, and these reasons are often expressed in the records of their journeys to the new land. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation and John Smith’s General History of Virginia are both exploration narratives that convey their reasons for moving to the New World. Although both Bradford and Smith write about God’s incorporation in their respective settlements and the struggles of building those settlements, Bradford’s purpose—religious freedom—is conveyed through his positive presentation of the aforementioned aspects while Smith’s purpose of monetary gain is portrayed through his negative tone towards struggle. Through their diction concerning God, the influencing factors of Bradford and Smith’s
Mostly for selfish desires but some just wanted to escape Europe and King George's rule. The people wanted a new start in life and desired adventure. Back in Europe people were already set to be succseful such as major noble families that were the "Rockerfellers" of their nation and would most likey continue to succeed while killing off any chance to make a decent living and thriving business. Also the people wanted to become famous and one way of doing that is being part of a group that is actually "doing" something. Cristopher Columbus was not just searching for a route he was trying to change a whole business deal by finding a huge shortcut, later on he discovered something much more important (not the America's) a whole "New World".
With the movement of weapons , outside disease , and the trust in christianity , Europeans lowing themselves in the new world by taking each point that they had hurled out them into thought .
‘All the European empires in America had begun empires of conquest.’ Anthony Pagden’s statement goes so far as to suggest that the European powers had little initial interest in imposing their culture, customs or religion upon the indigenous population, instead it was only conquest and the rewards of such that concerned the nations of Europe. However, in this essay I will discuss the various interests of the European powers upon the native inhabitants of the ‘New World’, and of which one, if any, holds dominance. In this way I will be able to distinguish what attitudes the European powers had with regard to the native inhabitants of the Americas, and if they do indeed share a common interest towards them.
Chapter 3 Summary In the 17th century, European colonies had begun to establish colonies in North America. These European colonies where comparable in a number of ways. The biggest difference was their relationships with surrounding native communities and their purposes of colonization. The colonization of New Mexico was a chance for the Spanish to spread their religion in a missionary work and effort.
On the surface, it is easy to get the impression that the Spaniards’ goal for going to new lands focused on only gold. If it is only looked at in that aspect, it makes them look greedy. Often times in high school history classes, they focus on the voyages themselves rather than the culture of the Spanish society. They were very religious, as were many other empires. Despite a major concentration on the riches of the New World, the conquest of the Americas is best understood through the evangelism and theology of both the indigenous people and Spanish voyagers.
