The failure to convert the Native Americans to Christianity perhaps is another reason that changed the puritans’ attitude toward the Indians. The puritans saw Indians less as people that needed to be converted but irredeemable heathens that needed to be exterminated in order to fulfillment God’s divine plan, like Canaanites or Amalekites in the Bible. “Now He hath many ways to destroy them”, said Mary at the end of her
The French were not as ruthless. The Spanish first landed in the Caribbean in 1492. After Columbus arrived back in Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella sent him back out to conquer this New World. This lead to the Reconquista efforts in both Spain and in the New World. Many Muslims were coming into the mainland of Spain and Ferdinand
This made him the first California martyr. This primary source was written in 1772 in the form of a petition. The person that this petition was written to however, is unknown. The purpose of Father Luis Jayme writing this petition or letter was the tell about the poor treatment of the Natives by the Spanish solder’s at the Mission. Father Luis wrote this letter to explain and raise his concerns about what specifically is happening in the mission and to criticize the behavior of the Spanish soldiers.
The conquest of Mexico led by Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes marked the commencement of Spanish presence in the Americas. Vastly contrasting religious beliefs and practices played an important part in influencing the lead up to the capture of Mexico and the eventual downfall of the great Aztec empire. Led by conquistador Hernando Cortes, the Spanish used Christianity as a front to justify their military presence. The consequence of Nahua beliefs was larger, said to be directly responsible for the submissive Aztec response to Spanish presence. Hernando Cortez and his men successfully used Christianity as a platform for their political and personal ambitions.
First, there is the main theme of both colonies, religion. The summer of 1607 the first colonists stepped foot onto Virginian soil. Observing the settlement of New Spain, the Virginia Company of England also wanted to reap the benefits of the New World “The Virginia Company investors hoped to found an empire that would strengthen England both overseas and at home" . While the colony was run under the pretext of Christianity, the settlers of Jamestown were guided more by their productivity than religion. “…on the whole, religion did not awaken the zeal of Chesapeake settlers…What quickened the pulse of most…folk was a close horse race, a bloody cockfight, or –most of all-an exceptionally fine tobacco crop” On the other hand, the Plymouth colony, settled in 1620, had very different grounds for emigrating from England.
As the dominant religion ruling over a group of people that uphold their strong native cultural traditions, Roman Catholicism is intricately mixed with the features of Incaic thinking and following. The native inhabitants hold firm animistic concepts about the spirits and forces that are present in natural settings. The Incas and other Andean people venerated the inti (sun), the pacha mama (earth mother), and other gods. In converting the people to Catholicism, the Spaniards followed a purposeful tactic of syncretism where in they replaced Christian saints for local deities and often used existing temple location as the setting of churches. The church reigned supreme after the conquest of the region and the viceroyalty.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the Natives had their own indigenous beliefs and while some of them were easily converted, some resisted. In one such incident, a captured tribal chief who had a led a conquest against the Spanish was given the option of accepting Christianity or being burned alive. While the tribal chief refused to convert and preferred death instead, a lot of Native Americans surely converted when put under the sword. This mission to have the whole land converted to their form of Christianity was the main aim of such cruel behavior towards the Native Americans, according to
In the 16th century people who were not catholic were killed and tortured, so that the catholic church could stay in power and people would stay catholic. Today the world is completely opposite, it accepts any religion even if it conflicts with other religion such as Judaism and Christianity. Those two religion hated each other in the past but have grown and evolved, they still have different beliefs but it doesn't matter since they learned to get along thanks to the inquisition. What the inquisition has done for the modern world is teach us what is wrong and what is right; it showed us our mistakes that we'll not do again. The expression "learn from our mistakes" is true in this situation.
On September 1, 1772 a cross was erected near San Luis Obispo creek and father junipero Serra celebrated the first mass, marking the site as the destination for yet another mission. However, briefly following the first mass, father junipero Serra returned to San Diego and left the responsibility of the mission’s construction to father Jose cavaller. Father cavaller, five soldiers and two neophytes began building what is now mission San Luis Obispo de tolosa. Father cavaller received help in the building of the mission from the local friendly natives, the Chumash Indians. The Chumash helped construct palisades, which would serve as temporary buildings for the mission.
Since the beginning of time, different groups of people have been roaming the earth, looking for places to settle and claim as their own. But since the late 1400’s to the early 1500’s, two of the major peoples that had begun exploring were the Spanish and the English. Although both groups had similar purposes for their explorations, they also had different goals, achievements and failures. Both Spanish and English exploration was similar in the reasons that initiated them, but while the Spanish mainly based their travels around establishing easier trade routes, setting up markets to sell their goods, finding treasure, and spreading Christianity, the English were more concerned with colonization, getting rid of debtors and prisoners from the