The motivations for the Spanish to migrate were to get money/gold‚ spread the religion and control new land. On page 46 it says‚ "Cortes had heard of a wealthy land to the west"‚ which made him want to explore it and rule it. When the Spanish arrived they were welcomed‚ but they quickly took advantage of their kindness and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French
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In the late summer of 1916‚ tens of thousands of men marched off to the muddy grounds of the Somme. In their wake‚ they left behind their wives and children‚ many of whom they would never see again. Those who did return would come back traumatized‚ frightened of loud noises and too afraid to step outside‚ empty shells of the men they once were. But their sacrifices were not in vain; the Somme was‚ unquestionably‚ the most important battle for both Canada and the World. It encouraged the development
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military would have restored caliphal power if there was no financial crisis. The extent of distress was so much that in Shawwal 253/867 a Turkish commander ‘Wasif told discontented solders to eat dirt as he had nothing to give them.’ The civil war did much
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50 out of 102 pilgrims died. The Wampanoag tribe already lived there. What if the colonists did not arrive in Massachusetts? They shared knowledge of the local crops and helped the pilgrims survive. John Smith made up a rule “if you don’t work you don’t eat”. It wasn’t easy for the new travelers. At first they didn’t know how to cook‚ plant crops
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Captain Wittemann stated when being questioned by Director of the FBI‚ that Captain Max Pruss and Captain Ernst Lehmann had been warned of possible sabotage of the Hindenburg (Kelly). The captains‚ however‚ did not think much of the threat and did not tell anyone about it. The last and final set of evidence for the claim of sabotage is the footprints found near the back of the landing airfield in a restricted area. This evidence was used for the theory of the Hindenburg‚ that
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rebellion and uprisings was due to the hatred on the lords oppressions. Responses varied‚ considering that lords and theologians such as Martin Luther did not agree with the choice of the peasants while some other theologians did agree with the peasants and even urged and praised them to continue. The peasants felt oppression coming from their lords and did not appreciate how they were being treated. In Articles of Peasants of Memmingen‚ which was a document written by the peasant people themselves
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believe that he wasn’t the reason the Aztec Empire fell. He was “thrown into the position”; and the position was only setup for him to eventually fall to a high power‚ The Conquistadors. For those who agree‚ they would strongly debate the fact that he did indeed dismiss all plebeians from his court and increased taxation. “Although his advisers warned him that his actions would depreciate the empire‚ he requested numerous new things such as heavier tribute from conquered tribes and that he requested
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different tribes in Africa survived or were defeated. The Bijago were one of the tribes most mentioned which lead me to believe that they were very well off. Rodeny then went on to describe how they were able to survive. I will discuss why I believe they did survive so long and so well. First off‚ I do not agree with how the Bijago handled their survival. Raging war and capturing your own neighbors is what the Bijago had to do though. Rodney describes the tribe as geared towards war and the men were
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Issue 8: Did the Progressives fail? Yes (Abrams): Professor of history Richard M. Abrams maintains that progressivism was a failure because it tried to impose a uniform set of values upon a culturally diverse people and never seriously confronted the inequalities that still exist in American society. No (Link and McCormick): Professors of history Arthur S. Link and Richard L. McCormick argue that the progressives were a diverse group of reformers who confronted and ameliorated the worst
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independence from the British‚ for those reasons. The day of prayer and fast was an event led by Gandhi protesting poor treatment led by the British used to gain independence‚ for these reasons. The day of prayer and fast was something Gandhi did so there would be no violence from the Indians. Every Time a Indian would use violence Gandhi would fast and pray and tell them that he’s fasting because of him‚ therefore they are harming him. Whenever you are stressed or worried just pray and fast
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