Reading: Ch. 1. Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms XXXXXXXXXX Ch. 2. The Spanish Borderlands and the Making of an Empire XXXXXXXXXX Learning Objectives: Identify why nationwide...

Reading:

Ch. 1. Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms (1500-1800) 3

Ch. 2. The Spanish Borderlands and the Making of an Empire (1810-1898) 27

Learning Objectives:

• Identify why nationwide elections cannot be won without the vote of Latinas/os.


• Begin to think about the relationship between U.S. economic and political domination over Latin America and the massive Latina/o presence in the U.S..


• Probe into the role of race during the conquest of the Americas.


• Examine the treatment of the Native populations in North America versus in Central America and the Caribbean.


• Explore how nineteenth century U.S. economic growth flowed directly from the Angloconquestof Spanish-speakingAmerica.


• Examine Simon Bolivar, the greatLiberatorof South America, shifting considerations of the U.S.

Recommended Film:Frontera! Revolt and Rebellion on the RioGrandehttps://vimeo.com/75840615

Reading Guide Questions:

• How do we know that the increase of Latinas/os in the U.S. is not always welcomed?


• Why did fewer Natives perish in the English colonies?


• How did the institution of marriage play a distinctive role in Spanish society?


• Why did Jefferson and Monroe want to keep things neutral with Spain during the early 1800s?


• What did it take for Simone Bolivar to speak out against slavery?


• What changed about Bolivar's sentiment towards the U.S. towards the end of his life?


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