Most indigenous people were treated unfairly or poorly and worked long, hard hours. During the earlier years of conquest, the colonial church was still a whole. The church organization had created two distinct branches, secular and regular clergy. This would then be spread around the word of Christianity to save souls. By incorporating this belief into the inhabitants, the indigenous people would then believe their way of living was wrong and
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.
#1: Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English Colonies in New England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following: Politics, Religion, Economic development. The Spanish and English were involved in the New World both religiously and economically. But, their approaches were quite different in many ways, such as time, place, and their actions to the native peoples that lived in the New World. The Spanish were Catholic. They wanted to gain numbers to support Catholicism and show that it is the true religion.
During the 19th and 20th centuries there are countries that have more power than other countries, the likely hood of imperialism that occurs in those countries are very high and with the greed of some, bloodshed will be inevitable. The world does not just revolve around one country, there are many countries in each continent, there are many different cultures in each country, and in each culture there are different religions among the people. In the Conquest of the United States… by William Graham Sumner “We assume that what we like must come as a welcome blessing to Spanish-Americans and Filipinos. This is grossly and obviously untrue” (Document F). In other words people like their own ways better, and does not like to be corrected for what they do not understand.
The French government strictly controlled the colonies but made a little effort to encourage settlement. Some of the methods used by the Spanish people toward the Native Americans were harsh and brutal. Spanish Missionaries saw Native Americans as heathens to be converted to Christianity. Spanish soldiers view them as fit only for killing or subjugation“…the Indian majority had resented the harsh treatment and strange diseases that come with colonial contact.” (2) The French were friendlier toward the Native Americans and they had treated they more like a business partners then enemies. “…French forge many alliances with various Indian tribes to folicite the fur trade.
Dante Colucci Mrs. McElroy AP US History 2 04/30/12 Colonization The colonial expansion of the Spanish and the French are very different in execution, but similar in their goals. The Spanish were the first to arrive to the Western Hemisphere. After Columbus had arrived back in Spain, many of the other countries desired to go to the New World. The Spanish were ruthless in the colonization of the Americas. The French were not as ruthless.
The political dissolution of the central governments throughout Europe resulted in feudal systems in which broken-down provinces comprised of Knights, nobles, and peasants. There was no form of central authority which caused neighboring kingdoms to war with each other. The Church saw this chaos and reacted in a sense to utilize these poor living conditions to use the mass as a religious army. The Church used religion to gain the support of the masses. Each part of life, such as love, birth, death was controlled by Christian dogma; fear was used in this belief system.
Using the passages and your own knowledge, assess the view that the Spanish Inquisition had a major impact on the people of Spain in Phillip II’s reign. The Impact of the Spanish Inquisition on the people very much varied, but the efforts of the Crown were not hugely effective and depended initially on the support of the people. The group that was most effected were the ordinary Spaniards in Castile where the Inquisition was at its strongest and could clamp down on heresy and opposition to the crown. There was an element of social control also as that relied on the people and the Edict of Faith, which had a fairly large Impact but again only on the general population which was fundamentally based in Castile. At the start of the inquisition
The Aztecs and Incas were similar in their ideas of religion and social structure, but differed in their economies and location. The aztecs were a society that ruled in central Mexico from the 14th century until the 16th century. The Incas were a society in Peru that ruled from the 13th century until the late 16th century. They were very similar in their religion because both societies believed in human sacrifice. Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ritual.
Consequently because of their brown colored skin they are seen inferior compared to the Anglo and it sustains like this even in the twentieth century. Ralph Guzman, author of The Function of Anglo-American Racism in Political Development of Chicanos: from Chicano Politics: Readings, states that the Anglo assume that Mexican Americans “are their inferior” (49). Who are they to say that Mexicans are inferior? Their light skin and colored eyes do not make them a better person compared to any other. The fact that many of these Mexican Americans come from very poor cities and where poverty is extreme has to do a lot with these Anglo’s assumptions.