The role the military played in the expansion of Christianity differed from that of Islam. Christianity and Islam both made use of syncretism in the expansion of their religions. Christianity was influenced by much of Imperial Rome’s governmental structure and used the leadership of the bishop of Rome, called the pope. The celebration of Christ’s birth was moved to coincide with the winter solstice. This allowed the new faith to benefit from the power of selective older rituals and gave them remarkable strength and power.
Come and Get It! Propaganda and Early American Colonization Efforts In 1518 Richard Hakluyt wrote his Discourse Concerning Western Planting to persuade Queen Elizabeth I to begin colonizing America for England’s gain. Hakluyt makes a thorough argument for the settling of the New World, and for England to have a competitive hold on her competition and be the first successful settlers in the New World. The Discourse was furthermore written to point out the positive elements of making America a major part of furthering the British Empire and to prosper financially from America’s “endless” potential. Hakluyt also pointed that the overflow of people, both in need of religious freedom and in want of more business opportunities, within England needed a place to go.
SPANISH VS. BRITISH COLONIZATION Dymond Nobles HIST 1301 July 22, 2015 Exploration of the New World was the product of European empires expanding in an attempt to secure new trade routes, to find new sources of goods, and to spread the dominant religions of the respective empires. The major difference between the British and Spanish enterprises is how they were organized. Spanish exploration of the New World was led by Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon. The motivations for colonial expansion were trade and the spread of the Christian faith through indigenous conversions. Under the exploration of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Empire explored great parts of what would become South, Central, and North America while the French and British Empires focused predominantly on North America.
Since the New World offered raw materials such as gold and silver, the Spaniards were eager to start colonizing and conquering the New World. To secured their claims to Columbus's discovery, Spain and Portugal created an agreement known as the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the land of the New World between the two European groups. The Spaniards invaded Mexico with the goals of the three Gs: gold, god, and glory. But conflict with their former allies would later initiate the crippling of Spain's New World empire. Event 3: Protestant Reformation - 1530s During the early 1500s, Spain and England were allies.
The Spanish conquest, also known as “La Conquista”, was the Spanish colonization of Latin America in 1519 – 1521. The motivation behind the conquest was all for exploration, driven by god, glory, and greed. The Spaniards wanted to spread their religion, spread their nationalism, expand their power, and fulfill their desires for gold and glory. This all began when Cortez had tricked the Mexica into believing that he was Quetzalcoatl; a prophecy that stated the return of Quetzalcoatl to the Mexica people. Soon after, the Spanish invaded the Mexica on a night that is now known as “La Noche Triste”.
Another sub-factor of ideology was Religion where the Europeans set out on excursions to convert from other nations and discovered colonies to Christianity. The nations of Spain and Portugal strong Catholics were well known for these excursions. Another sub-factor under ideology, and one of the main reasons for their voyages was Colonialism. This idea was born out of the theory which idealized economic growth through trades and control. Another broad factor that influenced these excursions was Infrastructure.
Colonization of the New World There are many similarities and difference between Spain, England, and France. They each made their own presence felt in the New World by colonizing various regions throughout North and South America, among the three nations in terms of how they went about colonization. Spain colonized, conquered, and settled in most of South America, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest because so that they can explore, conquest, and political rule over much of the western hemisphere. The motivations for colonial expansion were so that they trade and spread the Christian faith throughout. After an initial wave of conquistadors, Spain advantages was that the military had aided and infected diseases that decimated the native populations and defeated the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas.
American history has been continued by contradictions which are mixed by slavery, conquest, democracy, and freedom. The discovery of the new land by Christopher Columbus is the beginning of the contradictions of American history. In other words, this discovery of the new land is the initial move of the European conquest of America. In the document, “King Ferdinand Letter to the Taino and Arawak Indians”, there are some clues that lead us to conquest of America. “Their Highnesses are lords and masters of this land; they were acknowledged as such when this notice was posted, and were and are being served willingly and without resistance; then, their religious envoys were acknowledged and obeyed without delay, and all subjects unconditionally and of their own free will became Christians and thus they remain.
Ever since the Pilgrims and Europeans first landed in America, westward expansion has been a goal of the common people. All groups of people have wanted to move westward to spread religions, establish new colonies, and claim better and more valuable resources. This began primarily in 1845 when president James K. Polk proposed to Congress that we begin expanding westward and coined the term “Manifest Destiny.” After Polk’s proposal, people began to feel the urge to move westward and settle the land for the betterment of the United States. However, it was the actions of the U.S. military against the Native Americans in their western homelands and the establishment of the Homestead Act in 1862 that sparked the massive internal migration movements in the United States.
Then, after McKinley declared war upon the Spanish in 1889, America could use imperialism to gain land and power in the world. America declared war on Spain in April 1889, not to gain land, but to assist Cuba in gaining its independence. Only later into the war, it realized how it can benefit through imperialism. The newly acquired land increased America’s resources and gave them new countries to trade with and worked as an advantage for the U.S. military as well. Turner believed that the idea of the frontier shaped the American being and their characteristics.