ships left on August 3‚ 1492 heading for the Canaries. They then departed into the unknown on September 6‚ 1492. The Canary Current was a great choice‚ speeding their journey. On October 12‚ a lookout on the Pinta cried out that he had seen land. A reward of ten thousand maravedis was to go to the man who saw land first‚ but Columbus acted cruelly‚ pocketing the money by saying that he had seen land several days before. The ships landed in the Americas on October 12‚ 1492 after thirty-six days
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Racial Issues in the 17th Century During the 17th century‚ colonialism led to the development of both the social‚ racial and political institutions. An example is the act of slavery‚ especially in the second society‚ after the emergence of the first society from Asia. The first society settled in the present day Alaska. Up to date‚ it is not yet known how most of the black Americans that were taken from Africa to the United States of America as slaves settled. In his book‚ “The Society Must be
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Christopher Columbus departed Spain on August 3‚ 1492 for his first voyage. He stopped at the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships known as the Pinta‚ the Niña‚ and the Santa María. On October 12‚ they first sighted land which turned out to be a small island in present-day Bahamas (Minster‚ 2012a). There are various factors which influenced Christopher Columbus to undertake this voyage. He had a personal interest and determination to
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Government. Then when the French Revolution started he got all caught up with that and didn’t return back to law. Later Years Robespierre became increasingly popular for his attacks on the monarchy and his advocacy of democratic reforms. In April 1790‚ was elected president of the powerful Jacobin political club. After the downfall of the monarchy in August 1792‚ Robespierre was elected first deputy for Paris to the National Convention (Kreis). The convention abolished the monarchy‚ declared France
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Republicans established the First Party System in America. “[By] creating a new republic base on the rights of the individual‚ the North Americans introduced a new force into the world.” The nation’s first political party developed steadily in the 1790’s. Consequently‚ the new government faced fresh challenges for American politics. The Federalists split into two conflicting divisions. The causes of the split consisted of contrasting views over financial policies and foreign policies. Notably‚ the
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Maria Alcaraz Hist 1301 Mid-term Exam What were some of the changes that took place in Europe between the years 1000 and 1492‚ and why did those changes lead to European exploration and overseas expansion? From Leif Eriksson being the first European to sail to North America to Marco Polo making his first trip to china were the few things that were going on in the European discovery. During the 1100 the crusades joined the holy war to regain capture of Palestine which was taken away by the
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Our time period is like the others is quite complicated.it all started at the Columbian exchange in 1492 and goes through everything up to the Revolutionary War in 1775. It was a period filled with ideas of Liberalism‚ Democracy‚ and the start of the U.S. political system. We begin in 1492 when Columbus stumbled upon North America‚ in his search for India‚ soon after other European countries followed‚ all with different goals. The Spanish was the first to come over in the 1500’s and quickly took
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1) What does it mean to be a “mestizo”? a. “Mestizo” means to be of mixed ancestry. 2) What were some of the main food contributions from the New World to the Old World? Name at least 7. a. Some main food contributions from the New World to the Old World are corn‚ potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ peppers‚ different types of beans‚ sweet potatoes‚ chocolate‚ peanuts‚ and sugar. 3) Before contact‚ which average person was better off‚ according to the video: The one from Europe or the one from the Americas? Why
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A Raisin in the Sun /Lorraine Hansberry ——“Historical achievement” by James Baldwin Historical and cultural contexts: 1. Lorraine Hansberry‚ the youngest American playwright at her 29-year-old‚ and she is the first black writer and the fifth woman who won the price. 2. This play brought African American into the theater and onto the stage 3. The play reflected a historical and cultural reality previously ignored by dramatists‚ and the things happened in the play were like many ordinary African
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Most people who lived in America knows about the story about Christopher Columbus‚ who found America in 1492 by accident. Where he led his three ships to out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3‚ 1492. He was mainly looking forward to sail all the way to Asia‚ where they had goods such as riches of gold‚ pearls‚ and spice waiting for him when he reaches the west. What they don’t know is that there was a tale that was told when he found America. There were a few people that sailed on the seas
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