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    STARBUCKS Entering the Netherlands Starbucks‚ Entering the Netherlands Student: Bart Verhulst Student number: 20024409 Supervisor: Mr. Kandou Date: ”The Hague School of European Studies” Haagse Hogeschool‚ Den Haag Executive summary In this thesis‚ the luxury coffee company Starbucks has been well described‚ although many aspects of the company have been left out of consideration in order to keep it relevant and clear. However‚ while Starbucks has not entered the

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    sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages than the Portuguese. Trade was a necessity for early kingdoms after the Middle Ages. People‚ especially

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    westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership‚ especially the ownership of small farms. (“Those who labor in the earth‚” he wrote‚ “are the chosen people of God.”) In order to provide enough land to sustain this ideal population of virtuous yeomen‚ the United States would have to continue to expand.The westward expansion of the

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    belief that American settlers were meant to stretch from coast to coast. In the 1840s‚ Manifest Destiny enhanced western settlement and provided a motivation for continued territorial expansion. It formed war with Mexico and Native American removal. The fact that the American people were historically connected to English civilization caused Manifest Destiny. This made them feel superior in America because they got power and control over the other peoples who lived there. The Americans were white

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    Note Service Chapter 11 Section 1 - King Cotton and Southern Expansion American Communities Natchez - Under - the - Hill I. The flatboat men from the Mississippi are angry because of the tax on their merchandise. The tax was supposed to eliminate competition from weaker captains who could not afford to pay the 10 dollars. Their goods were confiscated and they responded by declaring violent threats only to be stopped by the militia. II. French originally owned this territory and obtained it from

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    The American people were for the Mexican American war because they felt that they needed the land from Mexico‚ Texas had already gotten independence and because they wanted to achieve Manifest Destiny. When Texas had gained independence it started some border disputes between Mexico and America. The war occurred in 1846 and lasted through 1848. The war was about a border dispute between America and Mexico. America wanted New Mexico and California and a few other states‚ but Mexico refused to give

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    Both the Mexican War and the Spanish War were a result of unfair treatment against weaker nations. The origins of the Mexican War lay with the United States and its expansionistic policies. Most Americans believed they had a divine right to bring their culture among others‚ because they were superior. This belief was put forth by Manifest Destiny‚ which had been circulating around the United States for a long time. The ignorance possessed by the Americans show no courtesy toward the Mexicans. Under

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    The Golden Age of Piracy and the War of Spanish Succession A small merchant ship is following its regular routine as it sails through the vast ocean when suddenly the sailor on top of the lookout exclaims “Black flag!”. Suddenly‚ the tiny ship is filled with commotion as everyone scrambles to get to their stations in preparation for the inevitable pirate attack. The men grab weapons and man their cannons in preparation for a battle with blood thirsty pirates. The year is 1715; this marks the beginning

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    Global Expansion

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    Global expansion Thesis Statement ¹ In a reversal of the actual trends of the global exchange starting from 1200 until at least the late 1700s‚ ideas inventions‚ and trade goods were seen to be diffused from Europe to the rest of the world. Europe had become the dynamic engine of the interregional interaction and cross cultural encounters that were increasingly viewed as definitive for early modern and modern world history European view on religion‚ political and on military expansion and cultural

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    westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership‚ especially the ownership of small farms. (“Those who labor in the earth‚” he wrote‚ “are the chosen people of God.”) In order to provide enough land to sustain this ideal population of virtuous yeomen‚ the United States would have to continue to expand. The westward expansion of the

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