The Native Americans who live today are a small fraction of their population in the mid-fifteenth century. ... Spaniards were constantly in America spreading religion or seeking gold and glory. ... Here the Natives would learn of the catholic religion, the Spanish laws and lifestyles. ... Many Native American groups then are lost cultures today and much of it was because of the Europeans. ... Today hardly any Native Americans remain due to their continued opposition through the twentieth century. ...

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The statement, "diversity rather than uniformity characterizes Latin Americans- is accurate because although there is some sense of commonality among them, whether it be because of their history or religion as Mariátegui suggests, there are still so many varying aspects of Latin Americans to be seen even today. ... On the other hand, during the wars of independence in Latin America, it was very common for Iberians to intermarry with native peoples, some including Indians and Africans. ... Another issue of identity between the two conquests was that of religion. ... It was the primary...

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No, Columbus did not discover a new country that no one knew about because native habitants were already settled in the Indies and Americas. ... The Spanish empire reached from Mexico throughout the southwest of North America all the way to the Caribbean. ... The Spaniards forced the Indians to replace their religion with the Spaniard religion of Catholicism. ... This revolt was able to freeing the natives and being able to live in temporary peace without any issues of the Spaniards. ... When the much smaller tribes of the North American area were more peaceful and to themselves mostly. ...

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THORTON ON RELIGION Religion was created because every one does not worship in the same way. ... What is religion? ... When different lands and continents were discovered by conquerors, they came upon the natives of these islands and place who had a much different way of worship than they did. There were stone gods or idols that these natives prayed to. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish caribbean island. ...

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Religion also played an important role. The Spanish were pushing hard to convert many of the Natives in America to thier Catholic religion, while many settlers in the Northern region of America were moving there for religious freedom. ... All the native people mined silver in the mountians, and often at the expense of thier own lives. ... Like the Spanish, The Portugese took over the land and then forced the natives to work it. ... The Dutch also colonized parts of North America. ...

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English settlers began by taking land away from the Native Americans so that they would have the land for agriculture. The Native Americans were not likely "targets" for the settlers to enslave, so indentured servants were brought over from England. ... However, the author says that the Native Americans were viewed to most resemble the English because of the lighter skin and hair color, and because of the religious traditions and hierarchy established in the Native American's way of political and social lives. The English viewed the Native Americans as friendly and necessary for their ...

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North American slaves lived together in buildings near to their place of work. ... By setting aside their forced leaving of their native Africa the slaves emerged with new identities with local roots but all based on their strong cultural belief and need for kinship. ... RELIGION: Obeah viewed by whites" as a superstition was a form of slave religion a powerful facet of African culture transplanted to America. ... Like America, slave religion in the Caribbean shared a great deal of the same features. ... Like America the Caribbean h...

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Another reason that enslaved Africans were used because they were much preferred over Native Americans and indentured servants. Native Americans were not used commonly because they were hard to maintain as well caused specific problems to the colonies. Enslaved Native Americans were able to break away from their owners successfully because of their knowledge of the land. ... Using Native Americans also disrupted the trade between them as well cause a lot of tension in the frontier. In addition, the amount of Native Americans started to become limited due to epidemics and wars. ...

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The spice trade started as soon as Christopher Columbus explored the Atlantic Ocean and found the Americas. ... The native Indians had many food products before the Spanish and Europeans came over to explore the Islands. The native Indians made a lot of stews out of goats which was the main animal on the islands before the exploration age started and vegetables like tomatoes which was one of the main vegetables on the land. ... The main religion in the Caribbean islands is Christianity but there are still many different religions that are in the islands. ... When the exploration era occurred a...

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When the situation arose that African slaves didn't adapt to the conditions properly, Native Indians were forced to labor. ... The church had a dual role in Latin America. ... The most vivid example of this fusion can be seen in Brazil were dozens of religions have sprouted with African, indigenous and European roots. ... The juxtaposition of ancient religious structures is typical of the religion practiced by many Mexicans today. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ...

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He went from Africa, to the Caribbean, to the Americas, to the West Indies, and also spent a great deal of his time out at sea. ... All of these new ideas, languages, complexions, religions, and people were very different than those of his own people. ... He noted towards the end of his memoirs, "They still retain most of their native customs; they bury their dead, and put victuals, pipes, and tobacco, and other things, in the grave with corpse, in the same manner as in Africa" (Allison 145). ... Another aspect of his life that showed his Europeanization, was his change of religion. ... Re...

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Jamaica belongs to a group of islands created by the summits of a submerged mountain range connecting Central America to present day Venezuela. ... The Spanish Occupation (1494-1655) During his second voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus learned from the natives of Cuba of an island lying to the south rich with gold. ...

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