...In the mid-seventeenth century, England, France, and Spain were all competing for colonies and trade routes along the world. While each country had been sending explorers out since the last fifteenth century, it wasn’t until the mid-seventeenth that colonization really started. All three of these countries were trying to become not only the wealthiest but the most powerful as well. And no other place promised as much wealth or power as the New World did. Each of these three countries had the same basic motivation for why they wanted to colonize the New World; expansion, power, and most importantly wealth. The differences came about in where these three countries chose to create colonies, and then how those colonies would be populated and governed. These differences were...
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...to conquer and colonize Florida with 600 other men, but the plan later turned sour and it turned into a fight for survival. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca’s surname was granted the meaning of “Cow Head.” Since we can’t be sure when Cabeza de Vaca was born, it is a safe assumption to form the hypothesis that he was born any time period ranging from 1487-1492. Most think he was born somewhere around 1491. One fact that we know for sure is that he was born in Jerez de Frontera, Spain. Orphaned as an older boy, he later joined the Spaniard military as a young adult. He worked his way up to the positions of Treasurer and First Lieutenant for an expedition to conquer and colonize all the land between Florida and Rio de las Palmas, which in present day is located near Tampico, Mexico. Panfilo de Narvaez was in charge of the expedition. With five ships and about 600 men the expedition left Spain in 1527. The five ships sailed until...
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...Brian LeConte 9/17/2015 A Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King & Queen of Spain A letter by Christopher Columbus in the 1490’s written to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, during Columbus’s time in the new world, depicts the rules and foundations Columbus had set to colonize the newly discovered island, named Espanola. These rules consist of how many colonists were to be allowed to enter said island, the establishment of towns, having colonists search the land for gold, and how the gold shall be divided between the towns, the townsfolk, and the Kingdom, which seems to be the primary reason for the letter being written. The document also goes into detail about setting up trade with the other islands, establishing churches, mayors, and future exploration. This letter was written in pertinence to the colonization of the Americas. Spain had its mind set on finding gold, and with the help of Columbus they might just do so. All colonists that wish to collect gold in the new land must file “colonists’ papers”, build their own homes in the towns that were assigned to them. But there are strict guidelines to how a settler can mine for gold. “None of the colonists shall go to seek gold without a license from the governor or Mayor of the town where he lives”. Each man that wished to search for gold had to file the colonist’s papers and receive a license from the towns Mayor. “He must first take oath to return to the place...
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...Analysis on Open Veins of Latin America History is a subject most people tend to disregard and see it as only the class they needed to pass in school. Most individuals don't take the time to reflect how history has had an impact on them, their family and even their culture. By studying and understanding history and why events happened they way they did it can help us analyze our current situation and even help predict future events. This is what Eduardo Galeano tries to do in his book Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the pillage of a Continent. He discusses the events in history that have led to Latin America be in the state it currently is in. Galeano argues that because of both European and U.S intervention, Latin America has been led down a path which has caused damage to its politics, its society and most importantly its economy. The book begins with the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spaniard who tried to find a faster passage to Asia but instead would discover by accident the Americas. Columbus would get started with his voyage after asking the Queen and King of Spain to fund his expedition so he could bring wealth to the Spanish Empire. During this time, the Spanish had been fight a war to expel the Moors out of its Kingdom and all those who were not of catholic faith. This included people of Islamic religions and Jews. But the cost of this war was increasing by the day and the Spanish crown was running out of funds to continue this war. But...
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...of those ye better, the hate of those ye guard." The Europeans thought that they were helping an unknown territory colonize but they destroyed a continent could've been so different to how it is today. They tore up Africa and divided it like there wasn't tribes and communities that were different than each other. They care for themselves and just wanted land and resources. The Africans never wanted the New Imperialism to happen since it changed a lot for their people and territory. The Imperialism brought many people and changes to Africa, one change is the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble for Africa was when the Europeans powers divided Africa, they took all of Africa besides Ethiopia and Liberia in 1880. European powers did not care about the religions or tribes of the Africans....
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...On 1460 in Spain, Juan Ponce de leon was born. He led the expedition for gold in Europe. He eventually ended up in what we now call Florida. He was born in poor but noble family at Santervás de Campos, Spain, in 1460. He was a page at the court of Aragon, where he learned how read, write, talk, etc. He also learned religion and military tactics. Later on he became a soldier and fought against the Moors in Granada. Like most people, he wanted fame and fortune through exploring. People think that he began his quest as part of Christopher Columbus's second expedition in 1493. Later on he used the skills in the military to take control of villages and tribes in the Caribbean. In the modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic, Ponce de Leóń built...
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...Mikehla Gibbons PDQ essay Cabeza De Vaca was stranded in the middle of nowhere with only a few items he was able to luckily find, when suddenly people, his only hope, come into sight, as they approach he soon realizes that they weren't so nice. Before he knew it he was on his way into the middle of the desert, his food and resources in the hands of the other people. Cabeza De vaca was a spanish explorer from spain. He wanted to colonize Texas but his ship crashed in florida and when he finally made it to Texas things went wrong yet Cabeza De Vaca and another lucky man made it back to spain alive. Cabeza De Vaca survived because of his respect to the native americans, his skills in healing, and most importantly his amazing survival skills....
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...Many factors have come together to shape Florida into what it is today. A recognition of one of these factors goes to Ponce De Leon. Ponce De Leon has made a great impact on Florida and is still a name that is around today. Many places are named after him such as the Ponce De Leon Inlet and Ponce De Leon springs. How did one man have such an adverse effect on Florida? Ponce De Leon’s 1st expedition was when he accompanied Columbus on his 1493 voyage to the Americas. Ponce De Leon and his family settled on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and in 1504, he became the provincial governor of east side the island. From here, he returned home to Spain only to get sent back to the Americas after hearing about rumors...
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...In the late 1890s, the United States faced a dilemma: they were in the midst of one of the greatest economic depressions in their time. There were many influencing factors in this depression, but many economists believed that the lack of customers had resulted in the over-production of steel, oil and other goods. These were the leading causes of the economic crash. Luckily for the United States, the age of Imperialism has begun. Imperialism is the act of annexing foreign colonies. In the early 1900s, European powers started aggressively conquering colonies, racing to build the largest Empires. The question is, should the United States have joined this conquest, and how did they benefit? Without the rise of big business in the late 1890’s, the United States would not have sanctioned Imperialism, nor would they have annexed colonies in the East, conveniently forming a route to China’s market....
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...Lapu-Lapu while Magellan wanted to convert Lapu-Lapu into Christianity. On April 17, 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan and ensuing battle killed Magellan by the natives lead by Lapu-Lapu. Out of the five ships and more than 300 men who left on the Magellan expedition in 1519, only one ship (the Victoria) and 18 men returned to Seville, Spain on September 6, 1522. Nevertheless, the said expedition was considered historic because it marked the first circumnavigation of the globe and proved that the world was round. Juan Sebastian de Elcano, the master of ship "Concepcion" took over the command of the expedition after the death of Magellan and captained the ship "Victoria" back to Spain. He and his men earned the distinction of being the first to circumnavigate the world in one full journey. After Magellan's death in Cebu, it took 16 more months for Elcano to return to Spain. The Magellan expedition started off through the westward route and returning to Spain by going east; Magellan and Elcano's entire voyage took almost three years to complete. Spain sends other expedition After the Spain had celebrated Elcano’s return, King Charles I decided that Spain should conquer the Philippines. Five subsequent expeditions were then sent to the Islands. These were led by Garcia Jofre Loaisa (1525), Sebastian Cabot (1526), Alvaro de Saavedra (1527), Rudy Lopez de Villalobos (1542)...
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...King Leopold was first inspired by a book titled Java; or How to Manage a Colony. Leopold became so fascinated that he began corresponding with the author, an English lawyer, known by the name, J.W.B Money. In the book, Money mentioned that profit would come from forced labor; however, Leopold agreed and added that forced labor was the only way to improve the undeveloped peoples of the Far East. Not only desire for money but also for power, were Leopold’s dying reasons to acquire a colony. Leopold strongly believed that overseas colonies were key to a country’s greatness, and he worked hard to acquire colonial territory from belgium. The Belgian Government lent Leopold money as a citizen still to try to acquire the colony. In 1866 Leopold instructed the Belgian ambassador to speak to Queen Isabella II of Spain about giving the philippines to belgium. In 1868 Leopold replaced the ambassador with someone that would carry out his plan to acquire the Philippines, but without funds he was not able to. After the failed attempts to acquire the Philippines he then turned his attention to colonize Africa. In 1876 Leopold organized a private meeting called the international African Society. Two years after the meeting in 1878 King Leopold hired an explorer Henry Stanley to explore and acquire a colony in the Congo. Henry Stanley helped King Leopold II of Belgium to claim Congo by negotiating with its local leaders, although he would not apply any treaties that allowed power over Congo...
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...Clayton Partridge World History to 1750 Professor Schultz Colonization and the First Globalization In order for one to gain a better knowledge of how terrestrial and ocean colonization unfolded in the Americas, Siberia, Africa, and China, a person must first understand the definition of colonization. Simply put, colonization is an ongoing process of control by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components. This means that a foreign government moves into the land and seizes control; gaining power, natural resources, and a larger economy. In the year 1492, an Italian explorer by the name of Christopher Columbus set out on an expedition departing from Spain in search of a faster ocean route to reach Asia. Him and his crew set foot on an island in the Bahamas 36 days after deporting from Spain. While in the Bahamas, Columbus and his men visited a total of three islands and built a settlement on Hispaniola Island with salvaged wreckage from one of their ships. Convinced he had reached Asia, he then set sail back to Spain with the two remaining ships. Columbus failed to find what he set out for – a new route to Asia along with the riches it promised, and he passed away short of success in 1506. However, Columbus was still successful in other terms. He is credited with the discovery of the New World and opening the Americas for European colonization. Following Columbus’s discovery, European nations that were on the Atlantic Rim exploited...
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...In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He sailed at the command of the king and queen of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, trying to find a shorter route to India but instead arrived to what we know today as the Bahamas. The question is, did Christopher Columbus really discover America? That is a question that has been a motive of debate. There are clearly mixed feelings about this. The facts tell us that he was not the first human in the Americas; there were already “Tainos” in the land. Also, he wasn’t the first person to see land from the ship, it was Rodrigo de Triana who hollered: “Tierra! Tierra!” even though Columbus later told the Queen Isabelle that he saw a light that evening and claimed the reward that was supposed to be given to Rodrigo de Triana. The issue is not only whether or not he was who discovered America or not but that he imposed himself to the Natives of the land and did as he pleased, exploiting them in their own territory, claiming his what was rightfully theirs. Based on these facts we could even say that Christopher Columbus was a Realist individual because all he was after was power and behaved in an extremely selfish manner. There have been claims by cartographic expert, Armando Cortesao,(Jr.) that, Portuguese explorers had previously been in the Americas before Columbus and that these explorers had mapped the area in 1424. However, the map is the only proof we have that such thing did happened. What Cortesano states is...
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...United States foreign policy is an extension of the domestic policy and determines how the policy is applied to foreign nations, ultimately to benefit and foster the national security, defense and interest of the America. The foreign policy has been shaped up by numerous historic events, tailored to the needs of the American individual. After the Revolutionary War, the United States was aiming to keep its independence and protect the national interests from the European world powers. The Monroe Doctrine policy was established to limit the European interference in the Western Hemisphere in attempt to colonize or encroach further in the newly established sates. By the 19th Century, America was consolidating its efforts to foster a strong industrial and economic nation, which set the quest for expansion on new markets and colonies. By the 20th Century, the desire to expand, leaves United States to face a war with Spain for Cuba and Philippines, later the annexation of Hawaii, the Panama Canal, towards building a strong military and economic power and many other instances. World War 1 has kept the United States engaged in the European affairs , but after the prosperity of the 1920s and the Great Depression, America is faced with a Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese and a military position considerably weakened. World War 1, leaves United States with isolation, and a long and desperate economic decaying age. After World War 2, controlling two...
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...Global Exploration 1500-1700 Trident University Module –Case 1 The fifteenth century was a time of great advances, so much so that this period is called the Age of Discovery. The European sailors and ships left the coastal waters of the lands they knew to embark upon adventures in the unknown “green sea of darkness”. It began with the Portuguese and was soon followed by British, French, and Dutch ships who eventually set out to explore what became known as the “New World”. There were many reasons that motivated these cultures to set out into the unknown but the most compelling reasons included gold, religion and the drive to explore and expand territory. The first motive was wealth. Although Genghis Khan was best known for his bloody legacy, he had done wonders to improve the trade across Eurasia. He provided the security for travelers to cross what is now known as the Silk Road. This trade route extended over 5000 miles on land and sea with interconnected trade routes that connected with Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. The world had developed a taste for the spices and silks that had been brought back by the crusaders, and now men saw this as an opportunity to make their fortune. They traveled the Silk Road to bring back to the items that were in great demand and brought a large profit (Rossabi, n.d.). However, the Mongol empire eventually fell. China became Buddhist and a rising Islamic threat shut down travel on the Silk Road. Trade was restricted...
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