Description
Please write TWO pages for each article you choose.
You do not need to provide the beginning students name, professor, etc. Only write about the questions
Part 1 Choose ONE of the following 3 questions and write a detailed response to it
- 1-Provide a description of the history of the United States understanding of Latin America in the past century. What were some of the assumptions by American historians and social scientists about Latin America? How have those assumptions changed, or have they largely stayed the same?
- 2-Briefly compare the differences between the nonsedentary, semisedentary, and fully sedentary groups that inhabited the Americas before the Encounter? How would you describe their relationship to the land? How did it vary from group to group?
- 3-Who was Bartolomé de las Casas? Why was he important to the indigenous people? How did the Spanish Crown react to his ideas?
Part 2 Choose ONE of the following 3 questions and write a detailed response to it.
- 1-Compare the differences between the cities and the urban areas in Latin America during the colonial period.
- 2-Who was Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz? What did her life represent? How did Spanish colonial officials react to her ideas?
- 3-Discuss the role that women played during the wars of independence. Provide a few examples to illustrate your point.
Part 3 Choose ONE of the following 3 questions and write a detailed response to it.
- 1-Who was the caudillo, and what ideas did he represent? Provide an example of a well-known caudillo and describe some of his tactics and policies.
- 2-Briefly narrate Brazils post-independence experience after 1822 through the 1840s.
- 3-What did Progress mean for most Latin American women? Were there any exceptions? Provide at least one example of the life an exceptional woman and list some of her achievements.
