American Revolution
Throughout history the world has kept the trend of change. The world has broken the proverbial mold time after time. The people of the world have always strived for more, either a single person such as a king or a whole group of revolutionists, the world's people has always-wanted better lives. This reoccurring theme continues throughout the time period between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. The world changed in many ways, environments changed, and people's mentalities changed. There were advances in many aspects of life. The globe, as a whole, gradually changed with the discoveries of new worlds. Spain and England lead the pack with the control of the "new world" of North America. England also experienced a different way of ruling, changing from a monarchy to a constitutional system of government. And also the world changed its way of thinking by undergoing the Scientific Revolution. All these advancements have helped in forming the world that we live in now that is the twenty-first century. Spain and England both successfully conquered the "new world" of North America. Spain controlled the Mexican south, and England had the thirteen colonies of the present day United States. Although they both had land in
Hernando Cortez was the leader of the Spanish conquering of the Aztec people. He did this in the name of Emperor Charles V. Cortez sent letters to Charles describing the Aztecs as a friendly people that welcomed the Spanish to their land. "About one thousand of the principal citizens came out to meet me...all richly dressed alike according to their fashion...each one in approaching me, and before speaking, would use a ceremony which is common amongst them, putting his hand on the ground and afterwards kissing it..." (Ziegler 107) By bowing before Cortez, the Aztecs showed their respect for him. Cortez wrote to Charles telling him of all the good qualities of the Aztec people. However, he did not tell the Aztec side of the story. During these times of environmental and political changes there were also changes of how people viewed what was around them and what they were previously taught. Consider Galileo Galie, he was a "true" renaissance man; he developed theories that contradicted the great Aristotle. He made people think differently, expanding their minds. He defied the conventional thought of the church. Galileo felt that religion and science were to be totally separate. The events of the Scientific Revolution changed the mindset of the world for years to come. It was not until the likes of Albert Einstein that the world was ready to think in a different manner. There were also reasons not to come to the American colonies. There were tales of slavery, and of indentured servants. One indentured servant, Richard Frethrone, writes about his trials and tribulations aboard a ship from the colonies. Frethrone describes a life much less appealing to life described by Thomas and Welde. "...we drink water which is but weak, and I have nothing to comfort me, nor there is nothing to be gotten here but sickness, and death..." This describes a life of the total opposite of Thomas and Welde, one that has death and sickness at every corner. Frethrone goes on to describe his lifestyle, and is almost certain of his death. Needless to say, Frethrone was not a supporter of the new world. Olaudah Equiano was another example of a person who was not a supporter of the new colony lifestyle. Equiano was a native to the land who was taken from his home with his sister when he was very young. He describes the terror he encounters aboard a slave ship. Equiano sees the cruelty that the slave-masters have when he boards the ship. the same region, that might have been the only comparison that could be made between the two countries. As Spain began to develop n
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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