Culture and Power: Consequences of Spanish Invasion

Born in Blood and Fire, is a book that chronically lists the events before and after the Spanish invasion, outcomes, and the many consequences of the arrival of the Spaniards. The relationship between the Indigenous, Spaniards, and African. How culture started to be shaped by religion, power related invasion, geographical and cultural power.

Thus, mostly created by the avarice of the Spaniards with the number one excuse of conversion to Christianity and the permission of the crown.

Most of the Indigenous American people were Non-sedentary and usually just hunted and gathered but this thing changed, the Geography and Environment pushed them to adopt other methods of survival, this being semi-sedentary and fully sedentary behavior.

Semi- sedentary people

One of the earliest conquests was the Portuguese exploration in West Africa that brought back gold and slaves to their land in the early 13th century causing queen Elizabeth to decide to give Columbus expedition a green light, this expedition sought for trade routes and creating a catholic influence in Asia.

The African slave trade was major key on the restoration of the nearly extinct Indigenous population on the new world, indigenous people were mostly wiped off by the conquers, wars, and diseases brought by the Spaniards.

African were a more experienced labor source and a good help for the repopulation of the Americas. As African were already exposed to European diseases and were also familiar with agriculture, something that the Indigenous people lacked,

Africans were extremely important for the conquest of the America since they were a bridge that created a connection between the Indigenous people and Europeans. Even though Africans were war captives and were not allowed to have any belongings, this including family or