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    Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492‚ when I heard the news from my brothers‚ Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón‚ that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta‚ and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor

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    Adam Smith (1723-1790) is pioneered the founding father of neo-classical economics. Free markets‚ free trade‚ laissez faire‚ justified division of labor‚ income distribution of supply and demand‚ and abolition of economic restraints and monopolies were the ideas Adam Smith advocated which was later known as classical economics. Although Critics note that Smith didn ’t invent many of the ideas that he wrote about‚ he was the first person to compile and publish them in a format designed to explain

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    colonists have discovered these lands‚ it has been unclear as to which group of natives has been affected the most due to the arrival of the Spanish. As historians and their books have recorded‚ Columbus “discovered” the West Indies and its inhabitants in 1492. These natives were called “Indians” by Columbus. The native groups that the colonists have initially encountered were the Taino who inhabited what is now known as Haiti and Dominican Republic and the Mexica (Aztecs) who lived in the valleys of Mexico

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    Trade Network (including Atlantic Slave Trade) Exploration European Colonization of the Americas Columbian Exchange Must-Know Dates 1450-1750 1453 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople 1488 1488 Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope 1492 1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue. 1502 1502 African slaves begin to arrive in the Americas. 1517 1517 Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses 1521 1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs. 1533 1533 Pizarro conquered the Incas. 1571 1571

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    would soon take over the lead in exploration. When Portugal refused to finance Christopher Columbus’ idea to sail west to find the shortcut to the Indies‚ Columbus convinced Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to finance it. On October 12‚ 1492‚ Christopher Columbus and his crew reached the island of Hispaniola. Although Columbus believed he had reached Asia‚ he had actually discovered the entire continent of North America and claimed it for Spain. Spain quickly colonized North America

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    AP US HISTORY- MIDTERM REVIEW GUIDE Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz Shaping North America > 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ and Appalachians). > 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America‚ and glaciers shaped the continent. > 35‚000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America. > 10‚000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again. The People of the Americas

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    It is best defined by the transfer of plants‚ animals‚ culture‚ human populations‚ technology and ideas between the New World and the Old World between 1492~1800. The Columbian Exchange started after Columbus’ discovery of the Americas in 1492 and impacted the social and cultural makeup of both sides of the Atlantic. Many animals and plants were being traded in the Columbian exchange which was very important because animals provided a passage into

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    Alana Lujan Mr.Tuckerman English 3-4 16 December 2014 Alana Lujan - Dominican Republic In 1492 ‚ Columbus explored the Dominican Republic on his first voyage in 1492. It was first named La Espanola and Columbus’ son Diego was the first viceroy. The capital of Dominican Republic‚ Santo Domingo ‚ was founded in 1496 and is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. What is the weather like in Dominican Republic? Dominican Republic has beautiful tropical weather all year! The average

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    continents following the disastrous decline in their indigenous population.Although victimized and exploited‚ they created a new‚ largely African‚ Creole society and their forced migration resulted in the emergence of the so-called Black Atlantic. Between 1492 and 1776‚ an estimated 6.5 million people migrated to and settled in the Western Hemisphere‚ more than five out of six were Africans. The transatlantic slave trade laid the foundation for modern capitalism‚ generating immense wealth for business enterprises

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    The development of intellectual property law in the United States has followed the development of society within the United States from a primarily agricultural society during the 1700’s to today’s technological society. The development of intellectual property law in the United States has also followed the development of American law in general. As America moved into and through the Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s‚ intellectual property laws became more and more numerous and stringent as people

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