For the other Latin American countries Spain's influence and presence was not welcomed at all. ... And to obtain the greatest amount of wealth possible it was necessary to mine the metals as well as war, steal, and trade in order to secure your wealth and class position. ... In the Requerimiento authored and applied in 1514 by King Charles I of Spain, it was written if the Indians did not comply to the demands placed upon them that " we will enter your land against you with force and make war in every place you to the Yoke and authority of the Church and Their Highnesses. ... In south...

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The Spanish are credited for conquering some of the most notable civilizations of the Americas, especially the Aztec and Inca empires. ... After few revolts, the Peru fail to dislodge the Spanish from Peru, but it was civil war between the Spanish conquistadores that would prove to be a setback as fellow conquistador Almagro is defeated and executed when he leads an attack on Pizarro. ... But it was these men that would bring home gargantuan wins for Spain and the Spanish Empire. 2) Explain and compare the administration of the Spanish Americas and the Portuguese America (Brazil). ... The Spa...

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Since the country gained its independence from Spain, it has gone from being a kingdom run by the Spanish elite, a military dictatorship, and finally a constitutional democratic republic. Guatemala's independence wasn't as bloody as many of the other Spanish colonies' struggle towards it, since there was no actual war with Spain. ... "A Central American convention declared Central America independent on July 1, 1823, and formed the United Provinces of Central America, a federation that included Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua."3 A concept si...

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(Cortés) While the motivations of the Spanish for colonizing the Americas were different than the English, it is clear to see that Spain and England had the greatest impact and success in their colonization efforts. The bearing of Spanish colonization is characterized mostly by the efforts of converting Native Americans into Christians and the impact, although not positive, of spreading disease to the people of the Americas. ... The negative impact that the Spanish had during their colonization of the Americas was disease. ... Nonetheless, the Spanish missionaries of Father Junipero...

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"Total wars" would have catalyzed development of strong states, but given the pre-existing limitations of Latin American states, they could not wage such wars, focusing instead on limited wars directed largely at internal foes-civil wars, if you will-that provided few of the state-building benefits of total wars. ... That is to say, in securing their freedom from their colonial master-Spain--these nations did not have to wage the sort of all-or-nothing, transformative, "war for your very existence" conflict that would have galvanized all social classes in support of their...

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The address was a response to Great Britain's offer a joint declaration, against European intervention to restore Spanish rule in South America. ... Monroe stated European powers should not intervene in the Americas. ... King Ferdinand of Spain had recently been restored to the Spanish throne after liberal unrest, by his European monarchic neighbours (a point which Monroe specifies as being a sign of how unsettled Europe still was ). The United States feared King Ferdinand or other European monarchies may also attempt to recover his former South American colonies like Columbia, Mexico and...

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However, not to say that native peoples of North and South America did not influence Europeans. ... Word spread rapidly of the riches the new world had to offer when Columbus returned to Spain. ... Spain quickly amassed great wealth in gold and silver strengthening their over all power globally. ... Ultimately Europeans took the final step in their selfish behavior and took Indians as slaves, created war and plagued them with disease. ... When natives refused to give anymore to these new comers, they started wars killing many and taking some as slaves. ...

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However, gradually assumptions about The Tempest's relations with American colonization accumulated and "American school" of Tempest interpretation began to emerge. ... By doing so he declared that Caliban was the representation of "the aboriginal American". ... Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types. ... Prospero, they argued, urged his disciples to seek art, beauty, virtue and truth, warning them against materialism and utilitarianism: he identified those ...

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While a portion of the Latin American population consists of Spanish-speaking people of Iberian descent, more than five other different nationalities (including European ones) are also represented in this demographic. ... #2: Some defining elements in the historical constitution of North American identity have differed greatly from those of Latin American identity. ... 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. ... Protestantism in North America was diffused ...

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In the history of the United States of America an imperialistic attitude can be seen through such things as the Monroe Doctrine, in 1823, which declared that the Latin American Countries are in the United States "Sphere of Influence." ... The following time line is supplied be the Latin American Solidarity: In 1846 the United states provoked a war with Mexico and acquired half of its territories, which included Texas and California. ... Along with these outrages the United States also declared war on Spain in 1898 and as a result annexed Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii. ... T...

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With the decline of the Amerindian population, labor from Africa formed the basis of the exploitation of the gold and agricultural resources of the export sectors of the Americas, with sugar plantations absorbing well over two thirds of slaves carried across the Atlantic by the major European and Euro-American powers. ... African capacity to resist Europeans ensured that sugar plantations were established in the Americas rather than in Africa. ... The epidemiological impact of the Old World destroyed not only Native American societies, but also a potential labor supply. ... Without this diss...

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Africans were transported to America to be sold throughout the continent as slave labourers. ... Their investment in human labour continued and grew and in 1488, the profit margins generated were so large that they almost solely funded the Christian nation's war against Islam in North Africa. ... That being the Portuguese settlers in the Americas or the "New World" were given loans with easy repayment and interest plans to buy more slaves and develop sugar plantations. ... The French Revolution lead to a huge social upheaval and the French Revolutionary wars between the new Fren...

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Recent studies believe this is beneficial due to the rapidly growing numbers of the Spanish speaking population in America. ... The acknowledgment of Latinos being a major consumer in America has shown Americans that minorities will not be ignored any longer. ... After all "war and hunger and ignorance and despair have no religious barrier" (366, Sinopoli) and they affect all people in the same manner no matter what religion a person is. ... The America that he describes is one that keeps matters of church and state completely separate. ... Someday there will be no such thing as a Catholic v...

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