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Hernando De Soto: Hero or Villain

By:Barinuaka Markadoo

Mr.Williams

4th Period

Who is Hernanado de Soto?

Who is

De Soto

Hernanado de Soto is a Spanish conquistador who was born in the year of 1500 in Jerez de Los Caballeros, Spain to a poor but noble family.

More About De Soto

Pictures of Hernando

youtube link:

Video on Hernando

Jerez de Los Caballeros

(his home land)

Where he lived

Hernando's route

Hernando's route

Things Hernando has done

Things Hernando de Soto has done

Some of the things that Hernando de Soto had done were:

  • took Natives hostage and kept them as slaves and if they disobeyed any rule he had them killed
  • he forced his religion on the Natives
  • spread diseases to them such as: cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis, measeles, scarlet fever yellow fever etc.
  • he brought war with him wherever he went
  • Most of his fighting was due to the fact that he was spreading chatholic faith
  • he failed his mission to bring back gold from the New World
  • he poisoned many of the relationships between the Europeans and the Natives by his treatment of them.

Villain

Hero

or

Villain

Hernando de Soto is a villain beacuse, he was very cruel to the Native Americans who were originally very kind to him. He invaded and took over their lands and drove them out, he stole valuables and money, he tortured the Natives, if they disobeyed any of his laws he killed them, he brought many diseases unto the Natives and he also forced his religion onto them.

Bibliography

https://www.biography.com/people/hernando-de-soto-38469

htpps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOmzpKTfaz4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDH_pB6DzNY

http://www.answers.com/Q/Was_Hernando_de_Soto_evil_or_good#slide=1

https;//www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biogrphies/hernando-de-soto

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