Denice PerezFinal Report part 1 (ch.1-4)

• Spanish history dates back from 35,000 B.C- 10,000B.C

• Evidence of early cave paintings found south of Spain

• Iberian Peninsula : a natural bridge between two continents•Varity of people came to Spain•Iberians “dwellers along the Ebro River”

•Most influential ancient people to arrive were Romans.

• “Hispania” nick name Romans gave to Spaniards

•Romans were Christians, Christianity was the official religion of the Empire in the 4th century.

•The conqueror of the Aztecs was Hernan Cortes•Explored and was fearless• Captured and Killed many in the New World•Indian slave Malinche helped Cortes to communicate with tribes (Tabascans) was later killed.•Cotes killed Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin emperor of the Aztec since 1502

•Hernan Cortez was on a quest for God, Glory and Gold.•Alvarz Nunez Cabeza De Vaca arrived from New Spain to Florida•Spanish explored the American Southeast in till reaching the North

Francis Drake

• Franics Drake was the best Captins, hired by Queen Elizabeth

•Drakes visit to California summer of 1579, pave the way for other explorations along the Pacific Coast.

• Rene-Robert Cavelier, made his voyage down to the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682.

•He named Louisiana after Monarch.

•Migration north along the sea of Cortez was initiated early.

•Spain’s empire collapse •English Colonists also received their Independence in 1776

•Miguel Hidalgo, born in Guanajuanto.•He became priest in 1778 and became a hero•He wanted equality for all people, including Indians

•By 1821 3,200 people lived in California.• California’s Plitical like was very confused during this time.•By the 1840s California was being dominated by ranches.•Great varity of crops were being grown•Indians remain at the bottom of CA society

• Great changes for New Mexico during Mexican Period.•Between 1821-1846 changed as much as the maritime province•Difficult to keep contact with Mexico City in order keep track of owners land located in New Mexico.•Apaches and Navajos where being thrown out of their land

•Gringos is a term Mexicans gave to Anglos.•Mexicans have trouble letting go of the recent war of the conquest. •Mexicans were also being targeted for being Catholic•During this time racism began to rise. •Whites encountered people of color.

• Racism and Violence was being a nor during this time•Native born and immigrants were also turning on each other•Native Americans were subjected to genocide and lands taken away.

• Vigilante law punish rarely related to the crime colored people committed.

• The Mexican population during the second half of the nine-teeth century was able to keep its heritage than other parts of the sought west.

•The Upper Rio Grande Valley was always populated area of the northern Hispanic frontier before 1848.

•Native spanish speakers population of New Mexico are reffered as “Hisoanos”