Although they were not the first Europeans in the Philippines‚ the first well documented arrival of western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract
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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION 1 1. FUNCTION OF A HEADLINE 2 1.1 BLOCK LANGUAGE 3 2. AIMS AND METHOD 5 2.1 AIMS 5 2.2 METHOD 5 3. GRAMMAR IN HEADLINES 6 3.1 SENTENTIAL HEADLINES 6 3.1.1 SIMPLE SENTENCES 6 3.1.2 MULTIPLE SENTENCES 7 3.1.3 COMPOUND SENTENCES 8 3.1.4 COMPLEX SENTENCES 8 3.1.5 STATEMENTS 9 3.1.6 QUESTIONS 9 3.1.7 DIRECTIVES 9 3.1.8 EXCLAMATIONS 9 3.2 NON-SENTENTIAL HEADLINES 10 3.2.1 MINOR SENTENCES 10 3.2.2 NON-FINITE CLAUSES 11 3.2.3 PHRASES 11 3.2.3.1 NOUN PHRASES 12 3.2.3.2 ADJECTIVE PHRASES
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posible topics in feature writing global warming technology True love: ‘Where can we find true love?’THIS month of February‚ some of us would prefer to hear stories that can tickle our cravings for love as this month is often associated with that four-letter-word. Each of us may have our own share of love stories to tell – be it good or bad. But it’s how we view that experiences in life that gives us a deeper meaning of what love is. Most people consider love as a spice to a couple’s successful
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Hershey North America Case Analysis What are the advantages of targeting candy bars to adults rather than to children? Hershey’s specifically targets their products to mothers‚ and for a good reason. Hershey’s believes that mothers determine their children(s) tastes in candy from an early age. If Hershey’s can successfully target mothers who buy their products‚ then their children will grow up eating Hershey’s. Therefore‚ when these children grow older the Hershey’s brand will be embedded in them
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Slavery in North America: introduction and development: I. Introduction of Africans in North America: This map represents the 13 colonies founded by the British between 1607 and the 18th century. This is the original United State in the 18th century. We must say that the British when they colonized America were a bit late because other European nations had colonized America (both North and South) before the British. The first British settlement in America was in 1607‚ in
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Essay Amanda Falkowski Per 1 Analyze the treatment of Native populations in the Americas during colonization. During the 1500’s‚ exploration and settlement in the Americas was becoming popular among a lot of European nations like Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ England and the Netherlands. Depending on what each nation wanted with the land affected how they treated the natives in the Americas. The colonization of the European settlers interfered with the natives’ survival and their way
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1. Chief Seattle thinks white people have a different God because he came to the white man only‚ they never saw him‚ never even heard his voice and he only gave instructions to the white man and not even a word to the millions of red people that occupied the land. He says they are two different races and should remain that way‚ there is little in common between them‚ because for the red people‚ the ashes of their ancestors are sacred and so is the place where they rest‚ but to the white man the dead
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Bavarian company would come to export its high-end vehicles all over the world. In 1994‚ the company sought growth in the United States‚ and started producing automobiles in Spartanburg‚ South Carolina. BMW IN AMERICA The BMW name has been held in North America by BMW North America‚ LLC since 1975. The BMW Group in the United States has grown by leaps and bounds Since the 1980 ’s‚ BMW has made successful acquisitions of MINIa brand targeted to the lower end of their market‚ and Rolls-Roycea
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which he named the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his patrons‚ John Montague‚ the Earl of Sandwich. The ships then made a brief stop at Ni’ihau‚ the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands‚ and headed north to look for the western end of a northwest passage from the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost one year later‚ Cook’s two ships returned to the Hawaiian Islands and found a safe harbor in Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay. Cook’s arrival coincided with a big festival and it is possible
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Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
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