Henry VIII (marriage was annulled in 1533) Married: 11 June 1509 Religion: Catholic Royal connections: King Ferdinand (father)‚ Queen Isabella (mother)‚King Henry VIII (husband until 1533) ‚ Queen Mary Tudor (daughter) Role: Mother to Mary Tudor‚ wife to Henry Tudor VIII Motto: “humble and loyal” Early Life: Catherine was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. She was born in Spain‚ but was sent to live in England at a young age as she w betrothed to Aurthur Tudor
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goods. This was a gradual since Portugal had to first establish forts along the African coastline to gain power and land‚ which led to the overtaking of the Mediterranean trade routes. Since the nations were competing economically‚ Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand sent Christopher Columbus to explore the new land that he discovered‚ collect information and observe characteristics of the land‚ and return to Spain with what he discovered. The discoveries led to Spain settling in the New World and South
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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work alongside their husbands at their jobs • Women were not allowed to be outspoken or express themselves in any way • The only education they received was on how to be a good wife and mother Examples • Isabella d’Este (1474-1539) Italian renaissance woman • Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) wrote poetry and ruled Spain with her brother Francis I • Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) Major political force‚ patron of the arts‚ well educated from a young age Topic Sentences 1. While upper class
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of civil liberties including freedom of religion‚ freedom of expression‚ free trade‚ and separation of church and state Cristoforo Colombo- 1492; age of exploration; Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to Spanish colonization of the New World; sailed to America in search of India; funded by Ferdinand and Isabella Hernan Cortes- 1500’s CE during Aztec Empire; Spanish conquistadores with Tlaxcalan defeated Aztec Empire; Cortes was leader of Spanish conquistadores;
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have a larger empire‚ find spices and other riches‚ and expand Christianity. The fundamental aspect of the voyages that were undergone by Spain was to acquire gold and silver to pay for their wars with the Turkish Empire. Beginning with Columbus in 1492 and continuing for nearly 350 years‚ Spain conquered and settled most of South America‚ the Caribbean‚ and the American Southwest. After an initial wave of conquistadors‚ aided by military advantages and infectious diseases that decimated the native
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Politics‚ religion‚ social structure‚ and economics are necessary components of a society. The European countries in the late fifteenth century were in competition with each other to perfect these ideas. They wanted more power‚ wealth‚ resources‚ and perfection of society. They wanted to create utopia. But what is a utopia? The word was first mentioned by Thomas More in his book titled Utopia‚ published in 1516. (8) This was after the beginning of European exploration in the Americas‚ yet it holds
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The Age of Exploration began in the 1400’s. Europeans were urgent to get various spices from Asia. Flavours were utilized to preserve different foods and keep them away from rotting. However‚ many spices were costly and unsafe to get. Many traders needed to travel parts of the risky Silk Road (an unsafe way from Europe to Asia) to get them. Since the Silk Road was often closed because of different wars‚ European rulers started to pay for various explorations to discover a way to get to Asia so they
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For the Spanish‚ the Columbus Quincentennial stirs an ambivalent nostalgia‚ blending pride and pain. Spain’s shining memories of its Golden Age‚ when the nation stood at the summit of world power‚ have been tarnished by critics who call the 1492 arrival of the Spanish in the New World "an invasion" fueled by greed and leading to "genocide." In their words‚ Spaniards hear echoes of age-old malevolence: a body of anti-Spanish prejudices they know as la leyenda negra‚ the Black Legend‚ that
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discovered this great land that we live on‚ was a man of great adventures as well as many trials. He traveled the seas looking for hope to which he could find land unfound and claim it as his own. His assertiveness made him a very noble man and the year 1492 marked the greatest of his accomplishment that made him the man he is well-known for today. His dream came true that year and marked the day America was born. I believe his eagerness to find a new land was very worthwhile for him and humanity‚ as well
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