Bartolome De Las Casas Book Report

Bernal Diaz del Castillo Bernal Diaz was born in 1492 or 1498 to Maria Diaz Rejón and Francisco Diaz del Castillo, a regidor (council member) of the town of Medina del Campo, in Castilla y León. The family was distinguished but not wealthy. In 1514, Bernal went to seek his fortune in America with Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Árias de Ávila), Bishop Fonseca's newly appointed governor of Castilla del Oro. A cruel and unscrupulous schemer, Pedrarias excelled at extorting riches by torturing native rulers, looting gems and gold from their graves, and eliminating potential rivals. (Pedrarias had his prospective son-in-law Balboa and four companions beheaded on trumped-up charges in 1519.)

At the beginning of the 1600's the new world was just being discovered. Europeans had never seen a culture like that of the natives. They hardly wore any clothes, and they worshipped nature. It was very astonishing to the Europeans. Upon hearing of this Spanish friars were sent to convert the natives.

A major factor that I had learned when perusing the articles in module two and chapter two was that in the Spanish conquest of America, labor had played a significant role to the Spaniards. Any of the gold that had been discovered in the Spanish conquest was proportioned to the monarchy, then leaders and administrators, and lastly the conquistadors. This had left the conquistadors with minuscule amounts gold and disappointed, in correspondence, the conquistadors were given encomiedas. The Spaniards had presumed they were superior to the Indians and had the right to possess them because they had been situated on the monarchs’ property. The Spaniards confronted the Native Americans with guns, germs, and steel.

We are about to say goodbye to summer, no more sun, beaches and hot weather, if you want to adieu this season big time you´ll need to buy Beatrice Valenzuela´s sandals. In addition to starring in the pages of Vogue Paris as the summer trend, these sandals are proudly made by the hands of Mexican artisans chosen by the designer, but who is Beatrice Valenzuela? Born in Los Angeles, California the shoes and jewelry designer was raised in Mexico City, Beatrice traveled the world for inspiration only to return to her hometown Los Angeles where she opened a flagship store in Echo Park Avenue. Her inspiration comes mainly from countries like Morocco, Mexico and the culture of Native Americans, if you want to be the center of attention and close

I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, is about a 17th century Spanish slave named Juan de Pareja who overcomes multiple childhood hardships until becoming property to famous painter Diego Velazquez. De Pareja develops a friendship with Velazquez that leads to a life of happiness other masters never had let him enjoy; inevitably, he begins to notice and tries to reject his rising expectations for life. Soon enough, De Pareja wants to have certain human freedoms that he as a slave is not allowed to possess. De Pareja gradually develops a desire for basic human rights under the ownership of Velazquez, despite his socioeconomic standing as a slave and his legal inability to have most entitlements. Firstly, de Pareja looks for unconditional,

Santa Barraza is the second of six children; Barraza was born in Kingsville, Texas. Joaquin Barraza (Santa Barraza’s Father) worked in order to provide good fortune for his children and wife. Barraza’s mother was a feminist throughout her life. Barraza’s parents owned a small repair car shop with a jointly agreement. The priest with the role of baptizing Santa Barraza as a child considered the name to be sacrilegious.

Francisco Vasques de Coronado, a famous Spanish explorer was famous for his voyage to set out and find the 7 Golden Cities. Just like many other voyages Francisco’s was a failure, nevertheless he did find some major landmarks. Francisco was born on 1510 and died in 1554. Francisco’s death place was in New Mexico, cause of death was an infectious disease. First of all Francisco was born on 1510, he married a woman named Beatriz.

Linda Viera Caballero, better known as La India, is a one of the best singer-songwriters in the latin music industry. Born on March 9, 1969, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, La India was raised in the South Bronx area of New York City. Her parents left Puerto Rico soon after she was born and they moved in with her grandmother.

The book I, Juan de Pareja took place during the 17th century in Spain, where Juan de Pareja was a slave. This was during the Renaissance where art was becoming more popular. Everyone at this time, then started to believe science and how everything works and focusing on themselves even more(humanism). Juan was enslaved for about 45 years but was then freed by his master Diego because he felt remorse he did not free him sooner. Another reason was that he developed sympathy and mutual affection for Juan and his master had an opportunity and a chance to free him from slavery .

Opposed the enslavement and oppression of the Indians by Spanish colonists in the Americas Voyaged to Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic) to manage a newly acquired estate. He began to teach the inhabitants Christianity, and in 1512 he became a priest. In 1515 he returned to Spain and presented to King Charles I a plan for the reformation of the Indies. Las Casas was appointed “protector of the Indians.” In his zeal to aid the Indians, however, he advocated the use of black slaves from Africa—a decision he later much regretted.

“ El Senor De Los Cielos” as many may know Amado Carrillo Fuentes. He was known as the Lord of the Skies because of his method of transporting drugs. He would transport drugs using jets all around the world. He was in charge of the Juarez Cartel for just a couple months, but in the short amount of time he got control of this cartel he was becoming more powerful. Amado wanted to become more in life.

Chapter Two: Miguel Angel Palacios “A 19 years old man named Miguel Angel Palacios, also known as Michelangelo Palacios, who was allegedly killed by a drunken neighbor named Jesús Antonio Castaño, at about six in the morning on May 4, 2014 in Envigado, Colombia, after Palacios and his brother Juan Pablo went to the defense of a dog named Jerry.” ( Miguel Ángel Palacios Montoya, 19, was killed defending a dog.) The miniature pinscher dog Jerry, who was a pet of a man named Albeiro Cortez, who wasn't present during this situation. On May 4, 2014 in Envigado, Colombia at about six in the morning.