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    1600’s‚ North America had been discovered and establishment of the New World had begun. Although Spain and England both focused on the colonization and exploration of the Americas‚ their ambitions and goals were very different. The most important reasons for English colonization were religious freedom‚ to seek refuge‚ and new economic opportunities. The Spanish‚ on the other hand‚ exploited the New World in search of gold and silver‚ greed navigated their search. Although both the English and the Spanish

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    Throughout the years the SpanishEnglishFrench and Dutch which are four main colonies have had excellent relationships with the native and some of the colonies did not have a superb relationship with the native. The colonies present the native disease that they brought over from their homeland. Most of the colonies tried to make the native slaves and take most of the native’s supplies and food. Some colonies tried to take the native lands so the colonies could build on them. Even though these

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    Adjectives What are they? In Spanish as well as in English‚ an adjective describes the person‚ things‚ etc. that a noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person is like or seems like Adjectives can give us information about: • Quality • Size • Age • Temperature • Shape • Colour • Origin An adjective can also describe the idea(s) contained in a whole group of words -Robert’s ideas about the future are absurd They can give general or precise information -What ’s the car like

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    Similarities and Differences of discriminatory treatment of African and Asian Americans Even though Asians came to America voluntarily and African Americas were brought involuntarily as slaves (a significant difference)‚ both share similar discrimination experiences at the hands of White Americans fighting to maintain their dominance. Similarities: Unequal pay‚ limited job opportunities as agricultural labors and domestic servants‚ defended the United States in segregated military regiments‚ refused

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    The American and French Revolution: Similarities and Differences During the late 18th century‚ two great revolutions occurred‚ the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Between the years of 1775-1783‚ The American Revolution was fought between the thirteen British colonies in North America and Great Britain‚ their mother country. Thomas Hutchinson‚ the royal governor of Massachusetts at the time‚ sums the reason for war best‚ saying "‘No middle ground exists between the supreme authority

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    what is known today as the Colonization of the New World. During these expeditions‚ the two nations were able to navigate the newly discovered continent for a prolonged period of time conquer several unbeknownst lands in the Pacific Ocean. However‚ there were obvious discrepancies in the manner in which Spain and England dealt with their respective colonies. Some of the differences that contributed to the departure from a similar society in Spanish and English colonies are the ideology of

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    Writing Effective Comparison or Contrast Essays A Comparison or Contrast essay is an essay in which you either compare something or contrast something.  A comparison essay is an essay in which you emphasize the similarities‚ and a contrast essay is an essay in which you emphasize the differences.  We use comparison and contrast thinking when deciding which university to attend‚ which car to buy‚ or whether to drive a car or take a bus or an airplane to a vacation site. In this section‚ two classic

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    Americans wanted to go to war with the Spanish. There were several reasons to be exact why the Spanish-American War had an outbreak. The Americans wanted an empire and they thought it would put the civil war behind us; the excitement would be great‚ yellow journalism Valeriano “Butcher” Weyler and finally the Delome letter. Cubans were in revolt against Spain‚ and wanted to declare their independence. Many Americans supported their efforts. Newspapers in America favored American involvement in Cuba

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    Beginning in the 1700’s‚ the Spanish searched Alta California in order to find a place for them to begin colonization. They had a couple of goals they wished to accomplish by settling in Alta California‚ which included; conversion of the native peoples’ to Christianity in order to acquire a larger population and gaining more land in a power race with the Russians. Before the Spanish had arrived‚ the natives were already struggling with diseases which had travelled from animals which they ate‚ for

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    John Smith‚William Bradford‚ and Mary Rowlandson encountered numerous dangerous and fatal events due to the new lives they wanted to start in this new world‚ because of this they have many similarities and differences in their writings. One big similarity was Death‚ they were surrounded by it. It was as if Death was playing a sick joke with them taking away friends and family‚ slowly eating at what little hope they had left. In John Smiths “The General History” fifty people had died from starvation

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