In the early settlement of America‚ disease and forced labor played a significant role. In the Spanish colonies from Florida and Southward‚ smallpox took an enormous toll on the conquerors and the native peoples. The so-called “black legend” regarding the Spanish and Portuguese was actually somewhat true‚ but also somewhat misleading. The concept held that “the conquerors merely butchered or tortured the Indians (‘killing for Christ’)‚ stole their gold‚ infected them with smallpox‚ and left little
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The Northern and Southern colonies had many similarities between the years of 1607 to 1763‚ but the idea that they were more similar than different is vastly incorrect. The economy in the Southern colonies was based off of planting and slave labor‚ which was very common‚ while land in the Northern colonies‚ for the most part‚ was not fertile enough to support planting. Another difference between the North and South was that government and the church had very close ties in the North‚ compared to a
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The restoration colonies New York: Old nether landers at new Netherlands 1600-golden ages of Dutch history. - maj. Commercial & naval power - challenging England on seas - 3 maj. Anglo-Dutch wars - maj. Colonial power [mainly in the East Indies.] New Netherlands - new Netherlands : founded in the Hudson River area (1623-1624) - established Dutch west India comp. for quick-profit fur trade. - company wouldn’t pay much attention to colony - manhattan [ new Amsterdam ] - purchased
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Hawaiian settlements have generally believed to have been made in the 3rd century they brought lots of farm animals with them including chickens‚ pigs and sheep‚ and other plants and animals. Once they landed on the Hawaiian shores they immediately started to move in‚ the men went hunting while the women stayed behind and found a reasonable place to set up camp. After a while the Polynesians came up with a name for the little cluster of Islands they had found‚ they named it Hawaii. Not long after
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Differences between domestic and international marketing Domestic marketing is a market within a country’s own region and aims to only a set of specific customers. Domestic marketing is affected by both controllable and uncontrollable factors. Trading in domestic market is done in two ways: Wholesale Trade: Purchasing goods from manufacturers in bulk and selling them to intermediaries or end customers. Retail Trade: Purchasing goods from wholesalers and selling them to consumers in small quantities
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Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new
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fter the Spanish-American war‚ America was split between imperialists and anti-imperialists. Imperialists wanted America to extend its rule over foreign countries‚ and acquire and hold colonies and dependencies. On the other hand‚ anti-imperialists opposed these ideals. The imperialists could argue that they have already been very successful. For example‚ the US has expanded to take control of other territories such as the Philippines‚ Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ and Guam. Additionally‚ imperialism gave President
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Gaite’s El cuarto de atrás and Rosa Montero’s Te trataré como a una reina. How do they influence identity (and specifically gender identity)? Carmen Martin Gaite and Rosa Montero are two female Spanish writers that grew up under the Francoist regime and who where part of the ‘feminist boom’ of Spanish writing that appeared in the ‘transition period’. They concentrated on those traditionally marginalised by society‚ particularly women. The themes concentrated on female issues such as motherhood
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Spanish and Portuguese are just a couple of the possible languages people that identify as Hispanic or Latino could speak. There are also many dialects that could differ between specific cultures and groups. By supposing that everyone can speak Spanish people that speak all different languages are stereotyped and forced to identify as Spanish speaking‚ despite the fact that may not actually be the case. The United States
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Differences between English and Danish culture Differences between English and Danish culture based on the trip to England with my class A12. The first thing you note is that the cars are driving on the left side of the road‚ where we in Denmark drive in the right side. It was strange to sit in the bus and see how the traffic system is different from that in Denmark. When we were walking around in the streets I couldn’t figure out how the system worked. Somehow it was just like home but still
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