Spain on the other hand felt that the native people were not using the land to it's full potential. It was their obligation to put the land to better use. Through the generations of colonization and invasion, both the Spanish Empire and the native people met several ups and downs. Spain initially conquered many of the Natives such as the Aztecs and the Pueblos. Eventually the Pueblos blamed the Spanish for their hardships and misfortunes because of the fact that the Spanish had, in a sense, outlawed their ancient rituals and ceremonies.
The people conquered by charlemegne , after being converted to christianty, were taught through the bible of codes that taught right and wrong. It was nesscary for the church to play a role in this education of the people, because only the clergy were educated. The church also guided charlemagene’s hand as a ruler, for he took on many conquests and missions so this way the Christian relgion could spread throught Europe. Indeed, his desire and passionate to spread his kingdom and government was interwined with his desire to spread the Christian relgion and have the people live according to the word of god. At that beginning of the caroligian dynasty the church was suffering from problems.
Louis IX led two crusades to spread catholic religion to other countries. Much like the California missions founding friars, Louis IX dedicated his life to spreading the catholic faith. The governor of Alta California, Governor Borica, decided that a mission should be built in the area between the two existing missions. This way Spanish travelers would have a safe stopping point. On February 27, 1798, he sent soldiers from the San Diego presidio to help the president of the missions, Fray Lasuen, find a suitable site and build temporary shelters there, A spot was chosen, and on June 13, 1798, Fray Lasuen officially founded Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was a Portuguese explorer and was famous for his exploration of the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain. Cabrillo was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of present day California.Not much is known about his early life, but Juan Rodriguez was born on 1499 in Castilla .Cabrillo served in the army of a famous conquistador Hernan Cortes, where he joined the conquest of Mexico and Guatemala. Cabrillo fought as a captain of crossbowmen in the battles between Aztecs and the Spanish. After the defeat of the Aztecs, Cabrillo joined different Spanish military expeditions in what today southern Mexico, Guatemala and San Salvador. By the 1530s Cabrillo established himself as a citizen of Santiago.
The Crusades were a series of holy wars fought between the Christian and the Muslim for control of Jerusalem and the area near it. However, while salvation and redemption in the eyes of God were major reasons for starting these crusades as seen in doc. 1 and 2 which promise absolution of the sins of the fighters, there were many secular reasons for fighting the Crusades which include possessing more prosperous land which is exemplified in doc. 6 and 7. Doc.
This motto was given to them by the Roman Catholic Church. The Templars fought the Crusades not only because they were true knights who followed the old Code of Conduct, but because they also wanted to earn a place in heaven (Nicolle 37). The Templars helped start what we know as the alliance system. They were a part of
Diaz had a brief stint as a neophyte for the priesthood before joining the army to oppose the U.S. invasion of Mexico. Although he saw no combat during the war, his patriotic energy brought him to the attention of Benito Juarez, who took Diaz on as a protégé (Garner). Under the direction of Benito Juarez, Diaz passed the law exams in 1853 and became active in liberal causes. He was one of the co-conspirators in the Revolution of Ayutla, which drove Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna from power for the last time. When Juarez returned from exile and gained the presidency of Mexico, Diaz became one of his most loyal supporters and provided the military muscle for his liberal causes (Reed).
Central and South America had settled in Spanish, the English chose to explore North America.Either find it or steal gold, or by serving as a trading post was established to make money.Tobacco proved to be easy to develop and bring in a great deal of revenue for the colony. (Notes) Missionary purposes were quite similar for both Spain and England. Both countries were interested in spreading Christianity. Although the Spanish people of God, which they tried to spread their religion, at least so far as it was righteous.The cathedrals and religious monument
Due to smallpox and the invasion of Cortes and his army, the Aztecs were wiped out, so they weren’t given a chance to resist the Spanish empire and regain independence as a separate empire. In order for Cortes to justify his invasive actions, he reasoned that by the end of his conquest he’d acquire lots of riches which would ensure some position of power for himself in the future. Additionally, the Spanish empire would most likely thrive with the ability to trade much of their earned riches for trade that the advanced civilizations, especially China, had to offer. Because he conquered Mexico, today most/all of Mexico follows Christianity and speaks Spanish and embraces a vast majority of Spanish
NATIONALISM AND RELIGION IN EUROPE Before 1517, all of Europe acknowledged the authority of the Pope, and allowed the Papacy to act as an international court. As the Reformation spread throughout Europe and there was a definite break with Rome by Martin Luther in 1517, Europe became divided into Catholic and Protestant countries. The universal authority of the Pope was restricted to Catholic countries. Protestants felt free to explore and found colonies in parts of the world hitherto held to belong to Portugal or Spain. The Catholic Church launched a Counter-Reformation to win back lost souls.