western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract with Spain. On Easter Sunday‚ 31 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ at Masao‚ Butuan‚ (now in Agusan
Premium Philippines
are routed in South America are exhibited through music and dance due to their constant influence across the region. Music and dances contain a wide variety of styles; from contemporary rock and pop to more popular folk and native genres. Spanish‚ Native American and African are the three main sources of the cultural groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some examples of these different cultures are Colombian‚ Puerto Rican‚ and Brazilian. For Colombian culture‚ the music’s diversity is intimately
Premium United States Culture South America
Though becoming educated through self-teaching‚ William Billings was unmistakably an unforgettable composer of American Choral music. The composer’s involvement in the complex‚ and extraordinary history of American music was developed throughout his lifetime derived from a range of miniscule to monumental contributions. Though familial troubles may have limited his early education of music‚ he never strove for less than remarkable. From efforts with the singing schools‚ and his compositions of hymns
Premium Music Choir British Empire
Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
Free Philippines
The Cold War The Cold War was the period after the World War II of political conflict and military tension between the USSR and the United States of America. It lasted from 1945 to 1991‚ with the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). As the name indicates‚ it was a “cold” war; this means that no actual bullets (or any other kind of weapon) were fired between these two factions‚ although many conflicts during the war were propitiated and supported by them. Some of the biggest
Premium Cold War World War II Soviet Union
While the Spanish settlement and the British settlement of the Americas shared some similar characteristics‚ they were also substantially different and carried out in entirely dissimilar manners. They might have had common goals in mind for themselves but these countries took entirely different routes in settling the Americas because of different motivating incentives that pushed their colonization of the New World. The Spanish were settling at first to mine for gold‚ and were successful at it
Premium United States Americas Latin America
up to the American Revolution can be traced back and related to some incidents that many may have saw as petty or insignificant at the time when compared in magnitude to something as immense as a revolution. Nonetheless‚ these mere misunderstandings and minor conflicts between the mother country‚ England and its American colonies‚ were the seedlings that were planted in the soils of the American Revolution that would come to light in the future for both‚ for better or for worse. I‚ William Franklin
Free American Revolution Boston Tea Party Benjamin Franklin
Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War‚ also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection (1899–1902)‚ was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following annexation by the United States.The war was part of a series of conflicts in the Philippine struggle for independence‚ preceded by the Philippine Revolution and the Spanish-American
Free Philippines United States
Mexican American War Timeline Victor Rivera 1). April 25‚ 1846: The Mexican-American War begins when Mexican troops cross north of the Rio Grande River and opened fire on U.S. troops at Fort Texas. 2). May 8‚ 1846: Battle of Palo Alto- The first official battle of the war. After Mexican troops retreat‚ Taylor declares his army victorious. 3). May 9‚ 1846: Battle at Resaca de la Palma- The day after the Battle at Palo Alto‚ Taylor’s troops follow Mexico’s retreating men to Resaca de la Palma (resaca
Premium Mexico Mexican–American War Rio Grande
The Spanish were the first to settle in central and South America. They established their empire by defeating the Aztecs people. While the Aztecs lived in Mexico‚ they structured a wealthy empire by means of warfare. However‚ the Spanish took their empire by exploiting the resentment‚ the subjects had. Francisco Pizarro arrived with a small force of men in Peru. They conquered the Incas‚ who also had a large empire. Even though they had a large empire‚ it suffered large a chaotic royal succession
Premium Mexico Spain United States