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    European Explorations European exploration was promoted by factors economic‚ technologic‚ political‚ and religious in different ways. The Treaty of Lodi and the invasion in Italy was a political factor. Portugal’s quest to China and the Spice Islands was an economic factor. New weaponry and sailing aide that was being created was a technological factor. A religious factor was the insistence to Christianize the people. All these factors were promoted from about 1450 to about 1525. The Treaty

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    Christian powers at the time‚ set out to spread Christianity all across the world following the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. What better place to start then with the new found land of the Americas. As soon as the Europeans figured out a reason‚ they began their religious crusade. Spain argued that the Native Americans possessed souls that only Christian baptism could save. Years later in 1520‚ an excommunicated monk named Martin Luther and his follows calling themselves Protestants‚ created a rift

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    Many reasons were behind European Colonization of the New World‚ which‚ in countless ways‚ shaped the lifestyle we know today. However‚ three of those reasons stand out most in assessing what made the colonization of the Americas possible. New trade routes‚ religious freedom‚ and ambitions of wealth all played major roles in colonizing the Americas. When Columbus set out west‚ he was seeking a new‚ faster route to Asia. He did discover an important route to somewhere. While the route to the Americas

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    Jack Zhou 11/05/2014 AP European History Mr. Fisher Political and economic problems that leads to the civil war At the turn of the 17 century‚ England‚ like many other European countries started centralizing their government. The country become stable and powerful under Elizabeth’s polique rule. However‚ after her death‚ leaders such as James I and Charles I undo her improvements‚ as they create political and economic problem that eventually lead to the civil war. During and at the

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    Effect of Colonization on Europe and the Americas Colonization of the Americas by European nations was a significant historical event that began in the 15th century. Starting with Portugal’s forays into overseas exploration‚ the phenomenon soon spread to different European countries‚ with Spain and Portugal divvying up the South American continent. Discoveries in the new world led to economic growth in Europe. Meanwhile‚ introduction of European ideas led to an overhaul of the Native American economy

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    (slide 1) Hello everyone I’m ….. we are gonna talk about an interesting topic which is Decolonization in Yeats’ poems The first thing that comes to our mind after hearing Yeats’ name is the word decolonization Before we’re gonna talk about him ‚ there’re some details about the Irish literature in general . Also‚ in our presentation we selected the important points because all these points if we take them individually we’ll not finish  (slide 2) So‚ If you look at this sentence ‚ the main

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    Emmmmmmma Kirchner Compare and contrast the motivating factors of religious freedom and economic gain in establishing successful colonies. Intro: Establishing a successful colony requires many different factors‚ two of which are religious freedom and economic gain. These are very important factors in that they both provide platforms for success‚ and are able to attract people and business to a new colony. For a group of people to leave their home country‚ and establish a new life elsewhere‚ both

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    quantity of crude oil for exportation‚ the country is still suffering from the insensitivity of the government to put in place sound policy that will help to address the problem of oil exploration on the Nigerian economy. Against this background‚ this study intends to show the economic impacts of crude oil exploration on the economy of Nigeria. Methodologically‚ growth model and cointegration analysis will be used to explain why countries with many natural resources tend to grow slowly than resource-

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    Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were

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    I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s

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