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    Encounters” and “Bartolomé de las Casas”. Both authors explain the role religion plays in the reading. Religion has a great influence on your everyday life and often allows you to make conscious decisions. In “European-Indian Encounters” the Christians are were trying so hard to keep the religion pure, and safe for others and everyone to follow. To the point where they would do anything in the name of Christianity if they thought it was appropriate. In “Bartolomé de las Casas” the Christians would go

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    the Spanish cause. Two such texts that offer a differing viewpoint are The Florentine Codex and A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de las Casas. The Florentine Codex gives the story of Moctezuma and the natives of South America as they faced invasion from the conquistadores. The other account from de las Casas, a Dominican friar, tells of the hardships and cruelty the natives faced when the Spanish stepped foot and set up societies in the Caribbean. While conquering the

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    Bartolomé de Las Casas. Whom wrote this to the King of Spain, Prince Philip II, in 1542 to protest what was happening in the New World to the native people. I will be explaining many things during this essay. The first thing I will go over is what the books tells us about the relationship between Christianity and the colonialism. The second thing I will talk about is if it was enough to denounce the atrocities against indigenous people. Next, if it is possible to separate how De Las Casas might have

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    It is hard to believe that even the Spaniards imagined that one journey in 1492 will change theirs and world’s history so dramatically. The moment that Spanish foot stepped on American soil started years of prosperity and glory for the Spanish empire but at the cost of the destruction of American societies. The encounter with the new world was controversial historical moment that created one united history instead of two world histories. The discovery led many Spaniards to the new world with the

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    History’s deceits must be uncovered, though they may cause our heroes to fall. To many, Christopher Columbus was the epitome of a hero; courageous, innovative, honorable and adventurous. To others, he is the essence of a villain, cowardly, arrogant, unintelligent and murderous. History, in the matter of Columbus, strongly lends itself to the latter- Columbus was not a hero, nor honorable. He was arrogant, unlearned, and cruel. Christopher Columbus was arrogant in nature, unwilling to accept the

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    of cruelty and intolerance towards the works of many non-Spanish, Protestant, and historians. In the 1600th, Bartolome de las Casas, bishop of Chiapas, condemned maltreatment of the Indians and proposed an alternative solution in the labor force. His solution was to exchange the Indians with the African slaves which would take over the heavy agricultural labor. Later, Las Casas regretted his decision in encouraging the slave trade. He see slave as a crime and sin and apologize toward the African Slavery

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    Write your first paragraph here: In document A, it was made by Jean Marzollo. It’s also written as a poem. It was written in 1948. The poem was about when Christopher Columbus went traveling to different islands through the day and night and he met lots of kind people in an island. He had to bring treasure for his people too. The purpose was to prove people that he was a very good, brave, and a bright man for traveling and finding treasure for his people. The point of view in this poem or document

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    FEMALE OPPRRESSION IN LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA Katarina Milosevic In this essay, female oppression in La Casa de Bernarda Alba will be discussed and analyzed. However, in order to be able to understand the importance of this theme and the impact it has had on the play, one must first understand the role of female oppression in the Spanish society in the 1930s. The 1930s were a period of many changes in Spain, especially because Francisco Franco started ruling the country and the political problems

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    “Essay of Bartolomé de las Casas, The Devastation of the Indes” This document takes into full account the chaos that the native people experienced when Christopher Columbus first came in 1492. It was written to cover the internal workings of this seemingly dark time in history. A significant amount of the land was destroyed and demolished and the people native to the land were immediately taken captive and forced into labor and slavery. There only importance to them was to give Columbus and the

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    In the selected readings, “Your Life as a Girl,” “Beyond Bean Counting,” and “Bringing Feminism a la Casa,” the various authors depict the complexities that are a part of inclusive feminism that incorporates issues across racial, economic, and sexual boundaries. The first reading, through second-person narration, begins the investigation into feelings of inferiority and distinction from male peers that girls feel from a young age. The following readings utilize perspective from marginalized groups

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