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    English sought territory to expand their empire‚ and the Spanish were much more complex. The Spanish made one purposeful thrust into the New World in the 16th century to claim the industrious Natives as subjects of the Crown and Church. A century later‚ the Spanish returned to the New World. The Spanish unleashed forces of change that changed the lives of the native people throughout the arena that the Anglo-Americans call the Southwest. The Spanish affected the culture and structure of the Southwest

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    representation in the Spanish Cortes. * Filipinization of the parishes * Granting of individual liberties to Filipinos such as: * Freedom of Speech * Freedom of the press * Freedom of assembly * Freedom to petition for grievances Chapter I THE PHILIPPINE BACKGROUND a. Early History Spanish sovereignty‚ first brought to the Philippines by Magellan in 1521‚ was firmly establish by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi when he founded the first permanent Spanish settlement on

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    delicious drink was found by Christopher Columbus‚ but it became popular because of a Spanish Conquistador named‚ Hernandez Cortez. What is this drink‚ you ask? No‚ it is not coffee. It is hot chocolate. In this paper‚ I will tell you how hot chocolate came to be today and why you need to thank Hernandez Cortez. I will also tell you how it’s different from history. In 1519‚ Spanish Conquistador Hernandez Cortez saw King of the Aztecs and almost every single one of the Olmec civilization drinking

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    smallpox‚ flu‚ typhus‚ measles‚ intestinal sickness‚ diphtheria‚ whooping hack. These ailments‚ alongside military clashes and various components‚ annihilated the local populace of the New World. 8-11. Encomienda‚ in pioneer Spanish America‚ a statutory framework by which the Spanish crown endeavored to characterize the status of the Indian populace in its American provinces. It was based on the act of demanding tribute from Muslims and Jews amid the Reconquista of Muslim Spain. Despite the fact that the

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    Cortes Letter To The King

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    source‚ a letter‚ was written in 1519 in the city of Tascalteca by the Conquistador Hernan Cortes to the Spanish King Charles IV. At first it seems unusual that he would be writing to the king as his expedition was called off; Cortes is practically writing to his superiors about how he is defying orders given to him. It is possible‚ however‚ that after the overall success of the trip‚ Charles IV let Cortes’ potential transgressions slide. Usually‚ the expeditions from the Spanish crown were both

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    Spanish American War

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    The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained

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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/differences between the initial Spanish colonization of the Caribbean and the Yucatan. In your discussion include the initial reaction of the Taino and Maya to the presence of the Spanish and the rational for the Spanish conquest. The Spanish colonization of the Caribbean and Yucatan was the campaign of the Spanish conquistadores against Postclassical Maya stares and polities specifically on the central Yucatan Peninsula. The Spanish conquest of Caribbean and Yucatan which began

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    Magalhy Contreras Professor Sinclair History 1301-21005 20 September 2014 U.S. History I Midterm Exam Essay Question from Section II: 3) How and why was Hernán Cortés able to conquer the Aztec Empire? • Hernán Cortés was authorized by the governor of Cuba to do an expedition with six hundred men and eleven ships to try and find the kingdom where lots of gold was expected to be. Cortés was given a gift by the Tobasco people‚ and the gift was a girl named Malinali. Malinali was Cortés’ interpreter

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    Defeat of Spanish Armada

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    When she heard that the Spanish were coming she went to tilbury and made a famous speech. She said “My loving people‚ we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety‚ to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes‚ for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear‚ I have always so behaved myself that‚ under God‚ I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my

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