Europeans invaded and controlled much of South America and the Caribbean islands for means of trading, acquiring goods, and expanding their Christian religion through forced conversions. ... The whites who were at the top, next were the Creoles, beneath them were the Native Americans, who were the official wards of the Crown but yet they were still greatly exploited and abused. Mestizos, who are people of mixed Native American and white heritage, and they suffered legal and social discrimination. ... (Encarta) The enlightment questioned political and social institutions like monarchy, religio...

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Many hardships had to be conquered to settle a New World; from uncultivated land to angry natives, from diseases, to slow economic processes, these people were besieged by problems. ... Rhode Island even declared complete toleration of all religions on its charter of 1663. ... They argued that government officials no longer had the power to establish laws which dictated people's choice of religion. ... Another benefit in coming to America was that no matter what the immigrant's original nationality, this new country allowed them to keep a piece of themselves; immigrants were not forc...

• Word Count: 1397
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Blaine in the 1880's as he attempted to assemble a market in Latin America for American products. ... The navy the Americans would come to build would pay dividends within the next decade of the Spanish-American war. ... The American army was woefully unprepared, poorly organized, and divided about the West and "conquering" the Native Americans. ... President McKinley was thus presented the difficult dispute of dealing with the Filipinos, seven million people who were of different race, religion, tongue, and social structure. ... The Spanish American War was a huge step in the Americ...

• Word Count: 1378
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Instead I employed a similar style of writing as that in Foundational Fictions: When History was romance in Latin America by Doris Sommer. ... They also passed on to them the religion worship of the sun and moon. ... It's no wonder that there was great rebellion and unrest in Peru at the time and a spillover of this is evident in modern times Spanish America. ... On the issue of homosexuality and premarital intercourse, during the reign of the Spanish in South America, was not condoned and carried a serious punishment. ... On the issue of religion, Garcilaso makes a mention of the relig...

• Word Count: 1941
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It would seem unfeasible that a small army of soldiers could overcome thousands of Native Americans on their own soil; Tenochtitlan was a perfect location to offer resistance to the Spanish, as a great lake surrounded it. ... In fact the Native Americans were unsurprisingly fearful of the horse, having never encountered such a beast ridden in this way. ... Religion certainly played a major part in the Conquest of Mexico. ... On the side of the Native Americans, their religious beliefs proved to be at their own disadvantage. ... The Mexica seemed to be hindered by their religion. ...

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The Muslims had been infidels who knew about and had rejected Christianity, but the Canarian Guanches possessed a "primitive innocence" in the area of European religions. ... If the natives converted, then they became vassals of the crown and worshippers of God. ... The methods of Spanish warfare were far superior to those of the natives. ... He fought the natives with similar force, then gathered them to read to them the Requirimiento. ... As Columbus wrote concerning his fourth journey to the Americas, "O most excellent gold! ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate