Gaius wanted to turn himself in to avoid fighting but his loyal supporters would not let this happen and after Opimius denied the proposals of agreement for the second time he sent his troops after Gaius and his party. As the fighting ensued, Gaius was so disgusted by these outrages “he attempted to kill himself, but was hindered by his faithful friends.” Instead his friends had him attempt to escape but Opimius’ men caught up to him and murdered one of the great visionaries of this
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. The Pueblos began to practice their ancient rituals. This was met with great oppression from the Spanish. They hanged three Pueblo religious leaders and whipped many others. This eventually led to a synchronized revolt against Spain.
Texas argues that the Mexican General Santa Anna made late changes in the government and overturned the constitution that both states originally had agreed upon. His changes included forcing citizens to “either abandon their homes or submit to the most intolerable of all tyranny.” (117) In order to stop the Mexican government from taking away all the sacred rights of citizens, Texas petitioned for the establishment of a separate state government, but got rejected. In Texas’s argument for independence, Texas shares some of the actions performed by the Mexican Nation. The following is an example, “it has invaded our country both my sea and by land, with the intent to lay waste on our territory, and drive us from our homes; and has now a large mercenary army advancing, to carry on against us a war of extermination.” (118) On the other side of the argument, Mexico replies to Texas’s declaration of independence by stating that the “Texans were invited and admitted subject to the observance of a contract by which assurances were given to maintain one written constitution; but once this was annulled, all their obligations ceased.” (119) I feel the Texas Declaration of Independence provides the most convincing arguments
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. Cortez however, left anyway, and later destroyed his ships so that men loyal to the governor would not have the ability to return to Cuba. When they arrived in Mexico, the Spaniards imprisoned many captives and later founded a town called La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, now called Veracruz. One of the prisoners, Malinche, became his lady and acted as a guide and an interpreter. Cortez established an independent government and only recognized the authority of the Spanish crown.
The Spanish then went on to kill and capture Incan soldiers and Atahualpa probably realised then that the Spanish were after gold and silver and were not there for peace. Atahualpa actually offered them rooms full of gold and silver as a ransom for them to let him go but sadly he was never granted his freedom and was eventually killed on August 29, 1533 (The Fall of the Inca Empire). After taking control of the city Cajamarca the Spanish went on to capture the capital, Cusco and there they picked Atahualpa's brother as the new Sapa Inca giving them a puppet that they could control to their will. The Spanish conquest was the breaking point for the empire because it completely destroyed the empire pushing it to its fall. However, there was still one factor that ruined the Inca empire but didn’t push it because it was a civil war between two brothers within the
Louis Riel and his Métis followers felt threatened by Thomas Scott, an Irish Protestant who was against Métis and Roman Catholics being involved with the Government. He began to spread his views in the Red River. Angered and scared, with Riel’s approval, the Provisional Government arrested Thomas Scott and executed him by firing squad. Both men were hated by many people and were in danger of getting killed. Martin Luther King gave many speeches about racism and how people should not be judged by the colour of their skin, but on the basis of their character.
They also offered to join as allies against neighboring tribes. But conflicts arose over land disputes and other disagreements, and the English ended up angering the Powhattans. The English now viewed this tribe, and other tribes around them as a mere obstacle in the way of their plans for settlement. War broke out and the Indians were eventually driven from their native lands and forced to move farther west. The English were now left to fend for themselves with no allies, just
When Ivan was ill and about to die he wanted to make the boyars swear an oath of loyalty to his son, Tsarevich Dmitrii. The boyars organized a great revolt to refuse to pledge their loyalty to Ivan’s infant son. Once Ivan heard of this he gave them a “harsh speech”, and that’s what stopped the revolt. It just shows how frightening Ivan was. Ivan was on his death bed and he could still scare a group of people into doing what he wanted them to do.
How it affected their people and some of the surrounding people and justification by the Spanish for war against the Aztecs. Secondly, what the Aztecs believed to be the return of the god Quetzalcoatl, the Spanish conquistador, Cortes and his Spanish army. Disease played a huge part in the fall. Small pox brought upon the Spanish spread quickly to the people and no cure for the disease was known therefore leading to many deaths. Lastly, the skillful tactics used by Hernan Cortes that leads to the surrender of the last Aztec emperor.
When the Franco regime eventually won the war and took power, he made sure that the Basque people suffered for having supported the Republicans. Shortly after the war ended, Franco further repressed the Basque people. Not only did he take away every sign of autonomy that they had so painstakingly worked to gain, but he strictly prohibited the Basque language and culture. The people were no longer allowed to speak their native language and they were not allowed to practice any customs or traditions that had been celebrated for generations before them. Furthermore, the majority of Basque intellectuals were imprisoned and tortured for their political and cultural ideas The form that this conflict takes is majorly violence.