October 28‚ 1492‚ Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba and the Spanish settlement started in the Island. The Spanish thought it would be peaceful to conquer the island‚ but the indigenous people thought otherwise. In 1511‚ Diego Velazquez set out from Hispaniola to conquer the island of Cuba. Hatuey‚ a native who fled to warn the others of the invasion‚ led him. The natives didn’t believe his stories‚ so he sorted out to guerilla warfare. He was then capture by Diego Velazquez and was burned alive to send
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Research Paper America’s prisons have a major importance in modern society. They are a huge contributing factor to the safety of our country and allow for proper and humane punishment for those who commit crimes. While America’s streets continue to be plagued by crime and dangerous people‚ prisons help significantly in decreasing the crime rate and removing those people from society in order to create a safer place for people to live. Although there are many pros that come with prisons‚ a handful
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The Golden Age of Piracy and the War of Spanish Succession A small merchant ship is following its regular routine as it sails through the vast ocean when suddenly the sailor on top of the lookout exclaims “Black flag!”. Suddenly‚ the tiny ship is filled with commotion as everyone scrambles to get to their stations in preparation for the inevitable pirate attack. The men grab weapons and man their cannons in preparation for a battle with blood thirsty pirates. The year is 1715; this marks the beginning
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ICE Case Studies Deforestation in Haiti CASE NUMBER: 54 MNUMONIC: HAITIDEF NAME: DEFORESTATION IN HAITI AUTHOR: Kristen Picariello December 18‚ 1997 I. CASE BACKGROUND 1. Abstract Haiti is one of the many developing countries that has sought to increase its growth and end its cycle of poverty. One of the ways in which it has done this has been by cutting down the forests. Most of Haiti’s population live below the poverty line. Nearly 70 percent of all Haitians depend on the
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auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain‚ he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents. Those voyages‚ and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola‚ initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World.In the context of emerging western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms seeking wealth through the establishment of trade routes and colonies‚ Columbus’s speculative
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Chapter 1 Lady of Cofitachequi: Cofitachequi was a paramount chiefdom encountered by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in South Carolina. They encountered the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi in April of 1540‚ at the Mulberry Site‚ a large platform mound at the junction of Pine Tree Creek and the Wateree River‚ near present-day Camden. Paleo-Indians: First Americans. Nomadic hunters of game and gatherers of wild plants‚ they spread throughout North and South America‚ probably moving as bands composed of
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I. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval A. Enlightened and revolutionary ideas 1. Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people a. Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule b. The Enlightenment challenged this right‚ made the monarch responsible to the people c. John Locke’s theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed 2. Freedom and equality: important values of
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the independence‚ the fear of being invaded by foreign forces remained in Haitians. After Toussaint L’ouverture’s captivation and death‚ Dessalines became the sole leader of the army of slaves. Although “French troops remain in the eastern part of Hispaniola and France is actively lobbying England‚ Spain and the United States to isolate Haiti commercially and diplomatically (History of Haiti)”‚ Dessalines was determined that slavery would never return on the island. He‚ along with other generals‚ swore
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Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress by Howard Zinn Posted on October 13‚ 2009 by dandelionsalad by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad October 12‚ 2009 Image by Whiskeygonebad via Flickr An excerpt from A People’s History of the United States. Arawak men and women‚ naked‚ tawny‚ and full of wonder‚ emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore‚ carrying swords‚ speaking
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FRANCIS DRAKE-A SUCCESSFUL EXPLORER... In my humble opinion‚ the best explorer in the late 15th/16th century was Sir Francis Drake. Not only was he the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe‚ but his voyages helped create a more accurate picture of the world‚ which can help us greatly and helped the Tudors in England at the time‚ who only argued that the world was flat and did not know all the countries present‚ whom Drake saw and studied himself through his voyages. Also he founded the
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