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question #2: European Colonization leading to modern culture
Costa Rica
spanish colonization
christopher columbus found costa rica
columbus brought the spanish culture and language
shaped costa rica politically
brought europeans who influenced
Costa Rica was divided in two distinct cultural areas due to its geographical location
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South America
Brazil
Treaty of Tortisila
Allowed Portugal to claim brazil.
Peru
The conquest and colony brought a mix of cultures and ethnicities that did not exist before the Spanish conquered the Peruvian territory.
Peruvian culture has been deeply influenced by Native culture, Spanish culture, and African culture.
The first sugarcane farms were established in the mid-16th century
Pedro Alvares
More people in Brazil are catholic and almost all of south America is catholic.
It was introduced among the Native Brazilians by missionaries and also observed by all the Portuguese first settlers.
They enslaved the native Indian population, until diseases happened , and then imported African slaves to replace them.
Hernan Cortes sailed to Mexico in the early 1500s
Spain colonized and brought Catholicism to Mexico
Spain built Catholic Schools
Missionaries were brought to convert the native people to Catholicism
Now 80% of the people in Mexico practice Catholicism as their religon
So, Spain influenced the native people of Mexico (the Aztec empire) to the modern Hispanic culture today such as Catholicism and the Spanish language spoken in Mexico and Latin America.
After the Aztec empire (modern day Mexico) broke from Spanish control the Hispanic culture still stayed with the modern day Mexican culture.
They built Catholic Churches
Spain also influenced the language after the conquered the Aztec empire and Spanish is now the official language of Mexico and many Latin America countries
Spain brought things the Aztec empire has never seen before
They Brought horses
They also brought/wore armor
Brazil
Portugese
Portugese Wealth
Sugar and Slaves
Tried enslaving native to work in the plantations
Got complete of the slave trade
Most were overworked or caught a desease.
Colonized Brazil
Found natural rescoures
Exporting lots of sugarcane to Europe
Used Brazil wood for the color red to dye fabric
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Treaty of tortisilla
Allowed Portugal to claim brazil
He was headed to India with his fleet and went of course and landed on the southeastern coast of Brazil
Central America