In document 4 it said Cortes helped spread Christianity. The church helped Christians get influenced. The church provided education and health care. They also helped the by not making them pay fees. People operated hospitals and hospices which were fee paying for the wealthy.
The power of the church is seen from the very beginning when Christopher Columbus set forth believing he was ordained by god to preach the holy name and gospel. Hernan Cortes believed that it was vital for the Indians to subjugate themselves to the spanish throne and to Christ. It had been declared that war and enslavement had to be invoked on those that had rejected the Gospel. The requerimiento informing natives of Spain’s right to conquest was read to them and then violence pursued if they continued to reject God’s will. After, the Aztecs were defeated by Hernan Cortes and his men, the spanish conquerors began the gradual process of converting the Aztecs to Christianity.
The Most Significant Impacts of the Columbian Exchange on the Economies of Western Europe The Columbian Exchange was influenced by several trends occurring at the time, including the Age of Exploration, the Renaissance, and the Protestant Reformation. The desire for new trade opportunities and resources drove European exploration and colonization of the Americas. The Renaissance fostered scientific and technological advancements, which facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas. The Protestant Reformation challenged the authority of the Catholic Church and led to the emergence of new Protestant powers in global trade and colonization.
Christianity had remained over the centuries a missionary religion. The Catholic Church took this responsibility seriously, and as a result, Europe was overwhelmingly Catholic by 1450. Portugal was the first European kingdom to explore other lands. For most of the 16th century, the Portuguese dominated the Indian Ocean trade. Europeans conquered and claimed the territories and greatly increased their prosperity and power, and Christianity spread to a whole new hemisphere.
European exploration of the West began in 1500 and continued to flourish for over three centuries. While colonizing this new land, Europeans first came into contact with the native peoples. European religious views, gender roles, and land ownership shaped their interactions with Native Americans. The English, for example, practiced Christianity, while the Native Americans possessed a more spiritual and animalistic religion. Native American societies were heavily reliant on women for not only household duties, but also agricultural responsibilities.
When a tribe would allow them to share the gospel, they feared the apocalyptical future that the Book of Revelations stated. Although French exploration started slow, it has a great impact on America still
Europeans came to the New World with three intentions: gold, glory, and God. The spread Christianity to the Native Americans, but in turn, they did not adapt the Native American’s customs. It helped make Christianity a global religion. Because it was almost forced into the New World, Christianity overruled Islam as well as other religions.
For instance, the French exemplified more sympathetic views, regarding the natives because of the fact that trade routes and their economy profited from colonization. This allowed the French to seek more contact with the natives; thus developing a greater appreciation for them. The Catholic Church had opposed turning the natives into slaves, and had attempted to use this opportunity to convert the population into catholicism. The spanish conquistadors and the men following Cortez, who led the expedition that initiated the
As more settlers came to the new world from Europe, they brought Christianity with them, and Christianity’s popularity from Europe continued on in the new world. European contact with Native Americans deteriorated the Natives’ religions while strengthening the Europeans’
Though we know that During the 1500s, early European explorers set out to discover new land, in order to find gold, spices, and other valuables worth trading, Columbus’ journal, Cortes’ letter to King Charles V, and the other discovery documents reveal that expanding Spain’s empire was perhaps the main objective behind exploring new land. Additionally, these discovery and conquest documents also show us that religion played a big role in the Europeans’ reasons for traveling to the New World, as converting the natives to Christianity was always a top priority. Though they initially set out to explore India, the Spanish explorers ended up sailing to the Americas, specifically South America. While it was not their intended destination, the Spanish still would claim this land as their own, and ultimately conquer the natives. These discovery letters and documents serve as a window into the events that took place at the time, but really only show Europeans side of the story.
In the 15th and 16th century European countries began to explore for many different reasons. The hunger for wealth, including the need for precious materials and the belief that it was their duty to spread Christianity. Although religion was an important factor for European exploration, economic and national consolidation/centralization of monarchies were more influential motives. Many important figures including Christopher Columbus and Prince Henry of Portugal believed it was their duty to spread the word of God. A Spanish Conquistador said that “he and his kind went to the New World to ‘Serve God’”
Between the year 1450 and the current time in Latin America and the Caribbean, religious beliefs and practices have been impacted by changes within culture and the exploration by foreign travelers. Europeans conquered this region and introduced Christianity to the natives in the 1400s. The polytheistic beliefs of the Aztec and Inca Empires did not continue due to the introduction of Catholicism to this area which continued as the dominant religion. Some religious practices of the Aztec, Inca, and Africans, such as human sacrifices, were ended; whereas other traditional practices were incorporated into the newly introduced religions.
The Christian faith introduced by the Spaniards sought
Christian missionaries have participated in imperialist domination of the Native Americans and Asians, in the past, by imposing cultural changes on native populations in the name of religion. They have succeeded in removing their cultural identities. The technological disparity between the new world and the old world allowed for the west to gain a distinct psychological advantage over the new world. Most of the European missionaries during the colonial era were Catholic. That was partly because two Catholic countries, Spain and Portugal, took the lead in exploration.
The Catholic Church and Latin America The Catholic Church was a great power ruling many civilizations in Europe during the period between 1492 and 1830. Therefore, the role of the Catholic Church was of utmost importance to the colonization and development of Latin America as it was a great force in Spain and Portugal. Despite the peaceful teachings of the Church, greed and a hunger for power led them to make decisions harming Latin America and Christianity, rather than thriving it. In this paper, I will show that the Catholic Church is significantly responsible for the colonization and development of Latin America through, the Christianizing mission, the Treaty of Tordesillas, and the Spanish Inquisition.
