Princess Cruz January 19, 2010 Mr. Deneen 4th Block Hernando Cortez Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Cortez lived through the years 1485-1547. He studied law at the University of Salamanca but decided to try his luck with the Americas in 1501. During 1518, he went and served under the governor of Cuba. With the governor's permission, he organized a crew to accompany him to Mexico. Just before he left for Mexico, Governor Velazquez revoked Cortez's commission because he feared that Cortez would not recognize his authority once in Mexico.
In the third letter, King Joann's willingness to help is demonstrated: "Your Highness has been kind enough to write to us saying that we should ask in our letters for anything we need, and that we shall be provided with everything..." 3. How would you characterize Afonso's attitude toward the power and authority of the king go Portugal? Does he consider himself inferior to the Portuguese king or his equal? Answer: King Afonso was extremely opposed to the practice. He not only thought that certain aspects of slavery were wrong, but the whole practice itself.
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.
In August of 1774 Father Luis Jayme played a very big part in moving the Mission inland from the Presidio to the present site. It was not until later that year that many of the Natives joined the Christian life and were baptized. That very next year in the early hours on November 5, 1775 hundreds of natives set fire to mission buildings, destroyed the church and brutally murdered Father Luis Jayme. Father Luis Jayme was martyred because of his self-sacrifice, devotion, faith, and love at the San Diego Mission de Alcala. This made him the first California martyr.
The Cruel ways of the Spaniards In “A Brief Account of the Destruction,” Bartolome Las Casas vividly describes how the Spaniards first came to the new world and ended up destroying nearly all the native populations of the Caribbean and Mexico. Bartolome Las Casas was a Spanish priest, social reformer, and historian. He is known as the principal organizer and champion of the 16th-century movement in Spain and Spanish America in defense of the Indians. In 1502, Las Casas sailed to Espanola in the expedition of Governor Nicolas de Ovando. While in the West Indies, he participated in Indian wars and acquired land and slaves.
De las Casas knew that it was incorrect to mistreat another human being, but no one else supported him. Bartolome used to have his own slaves, but he gave up that live style for a life with god and that’s when he started to think differently. The narrator later goes on explaining what should and should not be done towards Columbus. “My point is not that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia. It is too late for that…”, what the narrator is saying is that we should not feel betrayed from the actions of Columbus, but we should learn from them and prevent them from ever happening again.
Going to Hispaniola himself in 1502 as a member of new royal governor’s party, Casas soon was participating eagerly in the exploitation of the natives”(35). In his writing History of the Indies he states, “went about his concerns like the others, sending his share of Indians to work fields and gold mines, taking advantage of them as much as he could”. Around 1515 after becoming a priest, Casas writes about his moral blindness in this period
Erica Ranosa AP Language and Composition Mrs. Eckstein 17 September 2014 Rhetorical Appeals Essay Juan Gines de Sepulveda’s overall purpose is to persuade the Spanish government that they have the right to rule over the barbaric and uncivilized Indians. Sepulveda’s arguments were targeted to the Spanish government. Sepulveda influences the Spanish government’s attitudes towards his argument with the use of ethos and logos. The Spanish government’s view towards Sepulveda’s argument is affected by his use of ethos. In the italicized text above the excerpt, it describes Sepulveda as the ideal example of a “Renaissance Man”.
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). Diaz first ran for the presidency of Mexico in 1871 against his partner and mentor Benito Juarez, and Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. The results of the election were so close that it could not be decided on votes alone and was sent to the congress to decide. Juarez’s party held the majority of seats and basically by default was awarded the presidency. This outcome greatly upset Diaz and Diaz later would show his opinion by not accepting the results and threw an unsuccessful revolt to overthrow
The Spanish invaded in like manner as the Incas, Yet, only the descendants of the Incas are considered Indigenous in contemporary culture. Are there degrees of what constitutes indigeneity? Canessa makes the point early on in saying that answering this is not the purpose of his paper, yet he opens up your mind to challenge the definition of indigeneity which facilitates the digestion of his arguments found further on in the reading. Canessa progressively leads the reader into understanding what the title of his paper means, “Todos Somos Indigenas” (We Are All Indigenous). He references indigenous protests in the past such as the Gas Wars of Bolivia, the 1991 March for Territory and Dignity, and the Cochabamba Water Wars.