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Section 3: pp. 77-78, "Settling New Spain." The Renaissance & Elizabethan Age of Exploration to the New World was dominated by the Spanish Conquistadors. The success of the Spanish Conquistadors in acquiring monopolies on much of the Eastern spice trade and their expeditions to the New World brought great wealth and power to Spain. The new discoveries made by the Spanish Conquistadors brought untold riches in terms of gold and silver and spices and it also brought power and influence...The Spanish word Conquistador means conqueror. The Conquistadors were Spanish Soldiers and Explorers - 'el conquistador'  //T he Spanish landed upon the shores of Meso-America in February of the year 1519, in the area of //  [|//**Vera Cruz**//] //. By November of that year, the Spanish fleet, commanded by Hernando Cortez, entered into Tenochtitlan and simply arrested the Emperor of the Aztec, Montezuma. Within the time span of two years, Cortez dismantled the Aztec monarchy and gained control of all of Tenochtitlan, and many of it's surrounding territories. //  During the late 16th century //, 200,000 Spaniards immigrated into South America. Quickly the landscape of South America began to change, with imported plants, large sugar plantations, vast estates, and imported animals over-taking the native landscape. //  //New Spain was the name given to // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Central America//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, the // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Caribbean//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, and the southern // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//United States//]  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">back when they were ruled by // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Spain//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. It was one of four Spanish // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//viceroy//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">alties in the Americas, along with // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//New Granada//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//New Castilia//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, and // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Rio de la Plata//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. It was established in // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//1518//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. New Spain's capital was in // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Mexico City//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, and there were regional capitals in // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Guadalajara//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Guatemala City//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, and // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Santo Domingo//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. Most of New Spain became independent in // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//1821//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">, but the last stragglers in the // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Greater Antilles//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">were part of New Spain until the U.S. won them in the // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//Spanish-American War//]  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|//1898//]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">discovery-and-colonization-of-America //

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">In land area, Spain's was the largest of the colonial empires in theNew World. It comprised the largest of the Caribbean islands—Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico—as well as The Bahamas and other smaller islands; all of Mexico and most of Central America; large sections of east-coastal South America except for Brazil; Florida; and the Southwestern quarter of what is now
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 * New Spain Fiesta/celebration ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">The Conquistadors were 15th century Spanish explorers and conquerors who sailed across the uncharted oceans. The desire to explore new worlds ... to gain political power ... to win fame and fortune .... all these factors motivated their actions which caused such great impact on the New World. Licensed by the Spanish Crown, they endured extreme challenges in order to search for "The Indies" and its coveted spices. The price of conquest was high – shipwreck, disease, starvation, warfare, and death ||

**__Websites that could be used for your research:__** <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">@http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/spanish-conquistadors.htm

@http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/adventure2/a1.htm

@http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/theconquest/a/09armsconquest.htm

@http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/spanish_conquest.html

@http://kids.britannica.com/

@http://encarta.msn.com/

@http://everything2.com/title/Peninsulares

@http://www.answers.com/ <span style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

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Mr. Martin-section 5: pp. 78-80, "Harsh Life for Native Americans." A key point that I found interesting is found on page 79 and how the priest Bartolome de Las Casas tried to intercede on behalf of the Native Americans for better conditions. I used the website: @http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/theconquest/a/09armsconquest.htm

In the search box at the top of the page, I typed in "Bartolome de Las Casas," and was given different options of researching this individual and I chose the first option.


 * <span style="font-weight: normal; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;">I found something very interesting in that it showed that Las Casas did more than petition the government for better conditions for the Native Americans, he actually tried to do something about. It also showed me that throughout history, there were always people who were involved with social justice even with the chance of placing themselves in great harm. **

Las Casas convinced Spanish authorities to allow him to try and save the few remaining Caribbean natives by taking them out of slavery and placing them in free towns, but the death of King Ferdinand in 1516 and the resulting chaos over his successor caused these reforms to be delayed. Las Casas also asked for and received a section of the Venezuelan mainland for an experiment: he believed that he could pacify the natives with religion, not weapons. Unfortunately, the region that was selected had been heavily raided by slavers, and the natives’ hostility to the Europeans was too intense to overcome.
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 * First Experiments: **

**The Verapaz Experiment**: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> In 1537, Las Casas wanted to try again to show that natives could be controlled peacefully and that violence and conquest were unnecessary. He was able to convince the crown to let him send missionaries to a region in north-central Guatemala where the natives had proved particularly fierce. His experiment worked, and the natives were brought under Spanish control peacefully. The experiment was called Verapaz, or “true peace,” and the region still bears the name. Unfortunately, once the region was brought under control, greedy colonists took the lands and enslaved the natives, undoing almost all of Las Casas’ work. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> This is an example of my paraphrasing the above section from the website, citing my source, and how it would look on your expert group wiki: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="color: black; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;"> Mr. Martin-section 5: pp. 78-80, "Harsh Life for Native Americans." A key point that I found interesting is found on page 79 and how the priest Bartolome de Las Casas tried to intercede on behalf of the Native Americans for better conditions. I found something that I found very interesting section very interesting because it showed that Bartolome did more than petition the government for better conditions for the Native Americans, he actually tried to do something about. It also showed me that throughout history, there were always people who were involved with social justice even with the chance of placing themselves in great harm.

Las Casas found that even with his interventions on behalf of the Native Americans, he needed to show the government that more needed to be done. He was allowed to take the remaining Caribbean natives to Venezuela to start a free town, but his first attempt failed due to slave traders and hostility from the local natives. His second attempt found him using missionaries in Guatemala to subdue the natives using peaceful means and was successful. That area of Guatemala is still called "true peace." Unfortunately, the greed of the colonists undid Las Casas work as they took native's land and enslaved many of the residents. (Retrieved on November 1, 2009 from [])