Additionally, Christopher Columbus enslaved and mistreated the natives. Not only did Christopher Columbus change the culture of the natives but actually tortured them. Columbus used the natives for his own use. “Throughout his years in the Americas, Columbus forced natives to work for the sake of profits. Later, he sent thousands of Taino “Indians” to Spain to be sold, and many of them died during the journey.”
Simi Gupta Carrington 7B Writing 8 March 2023 How Native Americans Suffered DBQ To start off, the Spanish conquistadors such as Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro conquered the Aztec Empire, while the Europeans took over the Native Americans land. The Europeans tortured the Native Americans in many different ways such as bring sickness into their country, starving them to death by taking their food and eating it, and lastly human torture and abuse.
1) Compare and contrast the French and Spanish experiences in the New World. a. As the Spanish empire spread over the southern portion of the present-day United States, the mission was developed to colonial development and to convert the Indians. More importantly the Spanish were there to get gold and other riches. On the other hand French wanted to increase trade. They traded textiles, weapons, and metal goods.
A People’s History of the U.S. begins by describing Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas. In past history courses, I have always learned about Columbus and his expedition for gold and discovery, but not the naked truth of how he truly treated the Indians upon his arrival to the Americas and the nearby islands. Howard Zinn goes into great detail about how evil and destructive Columbus and the Spaniards were during their expeditions. Zinn claims that when Columbus first arrives to the Bahama Islands, the Arawak Indians were very kind, essentially “running” to Columbus and his men to offer them gifts upon their arrival. Instead of accepting their gifts with gratitude, Columbus and his men take the Indians as prisoners in order
The exploration and colonization practices of the Portuguese and Spanish had many similarities and differences to their British counterparts. Exploration and colonization where a very important aspect of any country during this time period (1450-1750), as colonies across the world led to greater profits and more control. The Portuguese and Spanish has very specific exploration and colonization practices. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella highly supported exploration (by supporting Columbus’s exploration and establishing empires in the New World).
As the world of global exploration and colonization grew, many powerful European empires set out to see what the New World had in store for them. Each empire had their own individual agendas and incentives for colonization. This led to the many differences between methods of colonization and exploration in every colony and region. The Atlantic World portrayed these contrasts between the Spanish, French, Dutch and British empires. However, the British settlements along the Eastern seaboard differed the most from those of other empires because there were no established policies or methods in British colonization, which led to differences in the economics and culture of each colony depending on who settled it.
In the essay we will analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English and French settlements, in terms of politics, religion, and economic development. Which their differences lie in that of their different views of slavery, which religions they follow, and their goals for arriving at the New World. Throughout the New World the three powers, Spain, France, and England, were competing for land. But as the land development progressed along the coast England discovered that the south had more rich soil then that of the north, which will divide their views on slavery, where in the south, where they used a large amount of plantations which required a lot of labor to care for, they used slaves for their labor, because it was free and they could make a profit, and due to the increasing rebellions from the indentured servants, they used the preferred method of slavery over indentured servants.
The French and the Spanish forged relationships with the Natives in terms of economy, culture and religion. Both sought profit through exploitation and trade of New World resources. The two nations also knew that the indigenous people would be very important assets to their success. In terms of religion, the French responded gently by encouraging Catholicism, befriended them and trade with them. The Spanish, on the other hand, oppressed religion onto the Native Americans responded harshly pertaining to economy.
The Americas under the English and the Spanish The Americas in the mid 17th and 18th century was a hot ground for colonization potentially due to unexplored land. Colonists from all parts of the world wanted to get a taste of what it would be like to be on the American continent. Although different colonists had different motivations for creating a stronghold in America, the two most important powers come to mind: The Spanish and the English. They both had different motivations for colonizing the American continent.
“Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress”, chapter one of “A People’s History of the United States”, written by professor and historian Howard Zinn, concentrates on a different perspective of major events in American history. It begins with the native Bahamian tribe of Arawaks welcoming the Spanish to their shores with gifts and kindness, only then for the reader to be disturbed by a log from Columbus himself – “They willingly traded everything they owned… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” (Zinn pg.1) In the work, Zinn continues explaining the unnecessary evils Columbus and his men committed unto the unsuspecting natives.
Have you ever had a family and a bright future in one place and were forced to move the place where you have lived for most and or all of your life? Well the Native Americans have or “The First Americans.” North America had people living in it long before the first explorers and settlers arrived. Unfortunately, they were pushed off of their land to make way for white settlers, who felt they had the right to own the land. In my essay I will be explaining how and if the way we treat the Native Americans over time has changed.
The Spanish and Portuguese two vast empires that took over the New World and made it their own for over three hundred years. Spain and Portugal were able to maintain their empire for over three hundred years due to the following resources and advantages. Financial stability, military superiority, and slavery, which both utilized in order to dominate the new world. In the age of exploration as Spain and Portugal were shipping out famous explores such as Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Ferdinand Magellan.
The English and the Spaniards were some of the most powerful nations in the 16th century. So, when they both decided to take on the endeavor of establishing a settlement in the New World it was a big deal. Both counties had their own way of tackling the colonization of the Americas, however one proved more effective than the other. The one being the Spanish, within their time in the Americas before 1660 they were able to accomplish far more than the English all because of how they chose to go about creating and sustaining their settlements. Within this time, the Spanish accomplished many economic and wealth advance, as well as many and land and political advances.
The Spanish and English treated the Natives like beast, therefore struggling to manage the Indians when they refused to be demoralized and viewed as property. The French on the other hand wanted to use the Natives too, but as resources, ignorant people who could be used to better the French, but eventually adopted the views of the English. The English struggled to see the Natives as a functioning community, who did not need to be adapted to English customs nor feed off of the superiority of the English.
The English were more concerned with finding gold rather than building functioning societies; which were primarily built around biblical teachings, while the Spanish intended for European national power to extend to western civilization beginning with Catholicism and influence of the pope. English settlers were driven from England due to religious practices and perceived themselves as saving the Indians from the Spanish and their tyrannical ways. For the English, owning land would give men control over their own labor and the right to vote in most colonies, and this land possession would show wealth. This new obtained wealth would not only have demonstrated power, but it could also be used to influence a society a certain way to convince others to follow suit. The English believed that their motives for colonization were pure, and that the growth of empire and freedom would always go together, unlike the Spanish.
