The Spanish brought the first major shipment of horses to the Americas in 1493 during Christopher Columbus's second voyage. These horses were part of the Spanish efforts to establish settlements and expand their influence in the New World. The introduction of horses significantly impacted indigenous cultures and transportation in the Americas.
The Spanish Conquistadors brought horses. The horses make it easier for the native Americans to get around. They could cover more territory riding horses than they could on foot.
The desire to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.
Basically, the natives received the short end of the stick in this collision of cultures known as the Columbian Excahnge. The natives received diseases such as measles, influenza, typhoid and small pox. However, the Spanish did bring over horses, which the Natives were very fond of.
There were four US Army Regiments of Buffalo Soldiers that saw service in the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish American War. The two Cavalry Regiments did not get to bring their horses with them and fought as Infantry.
The Spanish wanted to convert the heathen Americans to the one true faith, Christianity. In order to convert these people, priests would be necessary.
The Spanish brought the first major shipment of horses to America in 1492.
The Spanish brought the first major shipment of horses to America in 1492.
The Spanish Conquistadors brought horses. The horses make it easier for the native Americans to get around. They could cover more territory riding horses than they could on foot.
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Horses
Horses and Smallpox.
the first people to bring horses to America were the spanish people or spaniards.
Onate believed that Spanish rule of native Americans would bring them peace, justice, salvation, orderliness and protection.
Disease, horses, guns, slavery, genocide, Catholicism.....hmmm....
The Spaniards had rifles, horses, forged-iron weapons, canons, and numerous other steel-based technologies against which stood Native infantry with wooden weapons.
The desire to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.
The Spaniards had rifles, horses, forged-iron weapons, canons, and numerous other steel-based technologies against which stood Native infantry with wooden weapons.