A lo largo de la historia, el término "hispano" se ha utilizado para categorizar una cierta parte de la población del mundo sin saber el verdadero significado de la palabra. Por definición, el término "hispano" se refiere a " de o en relación a las personas, el habla, o la cultura de España o de España y Portugal " (Webster, 2014). Otra definición de este término es " de, relacionada con, o ser una persona de origen latinoamericano que viven en los Estados Unidos; especialmente uno de origen cubano, mexicano, puertorriqueño u origen " (Webster, 2014). Antes de que uno puede suponer que son plenamente conscientes de este controvertido plazo, deben recordar cómo el término llegó a ser. La formación de este término comenzó en los primeros años del siglo XV, cuando España y Portugal comenzaron la conquista del Nuevo Mundo.
Durante el siglo XV, España y Portugal comenzaron a enviar conquistadores como Pizarro y Cortés al Nuevo Mundo en busca de materias primas que se beneficiarían de su popularidad entre los demás países europeos. Además, las posibilidades de la fama debido a los nuevos descubrimientos y otros resultados fueron nunca muy lejos de sus mentes (Hernández, n.d). A lo largo de los años, los historiadores han encontrado evidencia de que indicaron que las tribus indígenas no civilizadas "que habitaban las áreas de Mesoamérica que fueron conquistadas por los españoles y los portugueses fueron de hecho avanzaron en su desarrollo en comparación con otras tribus (Fox, 2010). La evidencia también indica las dificultades y luchas que la civilización indígena sufrió debido al comportamiento hambriento de poder de los conquistadores; los mismos conquistadores que fueron enviados a un país "subdesarrollado" por algunos de los más pod...
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...nos ha sido aceptado como un descriptor común, sin embargo, hablar de las experiencias personales, creo que la sociedad debe tal vez reconsiderar la forma en que se utiliza el término no sólo en la conversación diaria, sino también en la materia más importante, como documentos del gobierno, la historia textos, etc.
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The first instance of colonialism forced upon the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic was the “discovery” by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492. Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa presented the interaction in their book The Dominican People: A Documentary History. The confrontation between these two diametrically opposed cultures proved to be “far from equal; the Amerindians’ Stone Age culture was no match for European military technology. The initial encounter took place on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, part of which is now the Dominican Republic” (Inoa pg. 1). This was the first step in a trek through five and a half centuries of Dominican Republic history, and unfortunately much of it was filled with the horror of colonialism. In fact, the Dominican Republic became the “hub” for the colonization of the America’s, and acted as the stepping-stone for European colonizers into a vast, never before exploited goldmine for both natural and human resources. As Sagas and Inoa discuss, the island of Hispaniola, "became the center of the Spanish colonial enterprise in the New World. It was in Hispaniola where the first major contacts between Europeans and Amerindians took place, where the first exploitative economic activities in the New World were developed, where Europeans first established permanent settlements and colonial institutions, and where the stage was set for the colonization of the rest of the New World (Inoa pg. 1.)." Thus the groundwork was established for colonialism not only for the Dominican Republic, but for the entire hemisphere. According to Sagas and Inoa, colonization was inevitable because interaction with Europeans was predictable. They wrote, “[i]f Christopher Columbus had...
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The Spaniards arrived at the Americas prior to the English. The Spanish mainly wanted to explore in the first place because after the Black Death, the population increased, and thus, so did the frequency of commerce. There was a sudden new interest in new products and the new strong monarchs who sponsored the journeys wanted to be more affluent. Therefore, explorers such as Christopher Columbus attempted to go west to target Asia. However, he ended up on Cuba and called the natives Indians. The Spanish soon started to consider the Americas less of a blockage and could now see it as a source of resources. In 1518, Cortes arrived into Mexico with his group of conquistadors, or conquerors, which is a proper name because the men after gold exterminated native areas using their military skills, brutality and greed to turn the Southern America into a vast Spanish empire. The smallpox the Spanish unknowingly carried also helped wipe many people out. When they saw the religious ceremonies of the Aztecs that produced many skulls, they thought of these people as savages and not entirely human. This of coarse was quite hypocritical because the Spanish have killed before during the Inquisition for their faith. It was this contempt that made them think it was all right to slaughter the natives. Spanish colonies were established when conquistadors had gotten a license to finance the expedition from the crown to fixture encomiendas. These encomiendas were basically Indian villages that became a source of labor. The Spanish dreamed of becoming wealthier from South America, but they also wanted a profitable agricultural economy and to spread their Catholic religion (the Pueblo Indians converted to Christianity), which became very important in the 1540s.
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Star²ng with Christopher Columbus in 1492 (who was incidentally Italian), the Spanish were the dominant group of se±lers in the New World for over a century. Abundant natural resources, like silver, and Na²ve American labor provided Spain with immense wealth. With the excep²on of Brazil, the Spanish expanded throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America and even into the southern and western parts of today’s United States. However, because the sheer amount of wealth generated from the New World, other European countries eventually developed their own interests in se±lement. The English began some explora²on in the late 1500s, but their ³rst permanent se±lement was not un²l Jamestown in 1607. The English se±lers shared some characteris²cs as the Spanish: economic wealth and religiosity.
Immigrants have always played a critical role within the diverse country of the United States. Although there are a variety of opinions and viewpoints regarding immigrants and the minorities they represent, no one can deny that they have a large impact on the political atmosphere and cultural standing of America. Throughout recent history, those of Hispanic descent have played one of the largest roles within minorities. The expansive and unique cultures that the categorization of Hispanic defines crossbreeds with typical Anglo culture to result in a new and diverse socioeconomic variety. The importance of Hispanic-Americans has been emphasized to great extent in the recent years as the climbing
Scholars have debated not only the nature of Iberian colonialism, but also the impact that independence had on the people of Latin America. Historian Jaime E. Rodriguez said that, “The emancipation of [Latin America] did not merely consist of separation from the mother country, as in the case of the United States. It also destroyed a vast and responsive social, political, and economic system that functioned well despite many imperfections.” I believe that when independence emerged in Latin America, it was a positive force. However, as time progressed, it indeed does cause conflict.
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