this is the question I was given to answer:
“Please write a research essay that answers the following question: how has colonialism been motivated or influenced by capitalism in a specific case study? (e.g., Canada, India, USA, etc.). To avoid being too broad, the essay should focus on a specific phenomenon (such as a specific royal charter company), event, or narrow time frame.”
I chose the topic of Battle of Tenochtitlan. Have a focus on Hernan Cortest and particularly the capatalistic desire of the Spanish Empire.
I’ve started a bit of it, though I’m incredibly unsatisfied with my work. So here’s some links that I used that you might find helpful. Some of these are books that I haven’t read, I only saw them reccommened as sources.
The Poeple’s History of America book, there’s only one tid bit of reference about the conquest. I’d still like you to add it in as a source. Wether you add in a quote or not, that’s your choice. The page I’m refering to is, 14 or 15 i believe.
https://theclassicjournal.uga.edu/index.php/2020/05/07/spains-lesson-in-hubris-tracing-spains-financial-collapse-to-the-beginning-of-its-new-world-empire/#_ftn4
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/doctrine-discovery-1493