Struggle & survival2

Struggle & survival2

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  Struggle & Survival#2Alexis Gibson
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  Catarina de MonteSinayShe lived in Bahia
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  Bahia was knownas the world’s leading sugar producer before it experienced a financial disaster.
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  Catarina was verywealthy, most of her money came from a business she started selling sweets.She was a nun and an entrepreneurBefore her death she replayed the events that took place in her lifetime.Took part in a ceremony when becoming a nun where she dedicated her life to god and the church. She called this her “spiritual wedding”
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  Beatriz de PadillaBornin LagosMother was an ex-slaveShe never marriedIn 1650 she was accused of poisoning a priest and using magic on many other important men to make them fall in love with her.
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  SquantoHis birthdate isunknownAmericans think of him as the Indian who rescued the pilgrims from the wilderness by teaching them to plant corn and introducing them to friendly nativesIn 1610 it was very common for Indians to be taken captive, this happened to Squanto along with many other Indians Squanto helped colonize New England and was viewed as a traitor by many people from his homeland.
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  Isabel MoctezumaBorn onJuly 11, 1509 in Tenochtitlan ( the Aztec empire capital)One of few Legitimate daughters of Moctezuma IIBecame one of the Mexican Indians granted an ecomienda