Sir Francis Drake was an English “sea dog” (pirate) who raided Spanish ships returning with valuables 2. Spain did not stand for this so they planned to attack England with their Spanish Armada (130 ships & 27,000 men) a. England’s plan for victory: (explain) 3. Spain loses their grip on the seas with this defeat and the problem of inflation destroys the Spanish economy a. inflation (define)
The Spanish began to crush the Southwest Indians military, enslave and Christianize them. The Spanish in an act of intolerance began to establish churches and missions in New Mexico to convert local Indians. Slavery continued until Popes rebellion in 1680 leading to more violence and bloodshed. The Spanish used religion and justification for enslavement and exploitation as well as for the destruction of the Indians cultures. This made religious centers of the Spanish a main target for the
William the Conqueror slays Herald in the scene. This shows the ultimatum of the fight for the throne and demonstrates Williams’s conquest over Herald. Lastly, violence is shown when William the Conqueror burns down Herald’s house because of Herald’s violation to his sworn oath. Mayan Culture doesn’t perceive violence as gore and evil. Violence can
They later sent Increase Mather, minister of Boston’s Second Church, to recover the old charter. William Phips, a Bostonian man who made a fortune from raising sunken Spanish treasure, accompanied him in this journey. Though, instead of regaining the charter these two procured a new one in which the king appointed the colony’s governor. The first governor appointed: William Phips. Under this new rule, people became extremely insecure about the old-fashioned ways that were being enforced and regulated.
There was a massive loss of resources and income after the recline of land in France, leading to the powerful men of England to take arms in aid of their lords this lead to the battle of St Albans The weakness of royal power can be pin pointed to the king. Henry was never a fit king to rule a country such as England; he was not the man his father Henry V would ever be. And this caused a sense of unrest to the people of England. This can be reflected by his counterproductive peace policy with France, that lead to the loss of royal lands that his father had once gained. Henry was supported and manipulated by William de la Pole, Edmund Beaufort and his French wife, Margaret of Anjou.
After being installed in the palace, the Spaniards demanded the gold from the natives, which brought it for them. By using their advanced weapons like swords and metal shields, they would kill the natives by stabbing and cutting off their heads. Soon after a war with the Spaniards began in which
Columbus's second voyage, which began on September 25, 1493, was a much larger fleet. They first headed to the La Navidad to check on the Spanish colony, but when they had gotten there, "To their horror, they discovered that the entire settlement of La Navidad had been massacred and the site burned to the ground"(Tirado). They built the colony of Isabella a little bit away from La Navidad. They went searching for gold nearby but "When gold failed to show up on large quantities, Columbus decided on a policy of forced labor. Enslavement of the natives had not been one of the stated goals of this expedition and it was offensive to the Queen; yet Columbus justified Indian enslavement on the grounds that it would be profitable" (Tirado).
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.
The farmers, who were now demanding governmental reforms in addition to protection from hostile Native Americans, forced the governor to flee. Bacon then led another expedition against the Native Americans, defeating them at the Battle of Bloody Run. While Bacon was engaged in this effort, Berkeley began to raise a force to fight him. Marching against Jamestown a second time, Bacon captured the city and burned it in September 1676. In the following month, Bacon died suddenly and his rebellion immediately collapsed.
They conquered so much land, that they were one of the largest empires in the world. New Spain was a viceroyalty. The formation of this viceroyalty began in 1518 with Cortes’s attack on the Aztec empire in central Mexico. A viceroy is the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king. New Spain faced many hardships.