and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French had similar motivations to the Spanish‚ but what pushed them was how successful the Spanish were in reaching their goals and building an empire. " Spanish successes in the Caribbean attracted the attention of other European nations" (Page 47)‚ such
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How Did The Stalemate End? The stalemate came about at Christmas 1914 along the Western Front. From there the different countries fought each other in different battles and tried to outflank the other. By March 1918 the stalemate was broken. In this question I will explain why the war ended and why Germany was finally beaten. New Technology like the Tank New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken. The idea of tanks was brought
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The History of how soccer started. Many say it started in England. Some say it started in the Aztec. Some even say it started in the India but where did it really start? Soccer is popular all around the globe its played worldwide every day. However not everyone knows about it all started. Soccer has been around many thousands of years. It started around 2nd 3rd B.C around China during the Han Dynasty (“History of Soccer”). They would dribble a leather type of ball and score on a small net
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Chernobyl What happened in chernobyl? Did you ever just wonder what happened on the the day the chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. I have researched different things about chernobyl and what happened. If you didn’t know about the chernobyl accident then you will be shocked at what made the explosion happened and what happened to the residents. Thirty-one years ago on April 26 an explosion happened near Pripyat‚ Ukraine in the soviet union. That day the chernobyl nuclear plant had a malfunction
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history. That being said there are many different ideas about just what the Enlightenment was intended to do. In his book‚ The Intellectual Origins of the French Enlightenment‚ Ira Wade argues that‚ “The Enlightenment did not attempt to develop a new body of teachings‚ though‚ nor did it seek a new dogma. […] It is a manner of thinking [….] It functions in every enterprise in which the human being is engaged‚ and by its manner of thinking‚ it aims to change the common way of thinking and doing. Thus
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But the Renaissance was not the missing piece to make Italy as one. A nationalist named Giuseppe Garibaldi in the late 1840’s began a unification movement. He controlled southern Italy while the Savoy family‚ who was the northern Italian royalty‚ succeeded in defeating the Austrians who wanted to take over. In 1866‚ Savoy King Vittorio Emanuele II‚ he was able to gain control of
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In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus changed so much from the man we was before he left and the time he had arrived home. Though it was ten years the story seemed to sum up the book well getting the key details on how Odysseus made his journey and the problems he had to encounter. He left from his home with a team of crewman. He had to face many challenges like the Lotus Eaters‚ The Cyclops‚ Poseidon and the Suitors. During his encounter with the Lotus Eaters he had sent two men out to investigate the island
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and hundreds of thousands had deserted or become imprisoned (2). Kemal needed more people willing to fight for the cause‚ in order to achieve his goal. He urged the people to fight by talking about his passion for his country‚ and how it would disappear if no one did anything (2). Like Germany‚ Turkey had a weak political and economical system‚
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The question of ¨Was America Stolen?¨ seems to be a common debate between many people‚ and in the past 100 years opinions have dramatically shifted. Before the 1960s the common viewpoint of how America was acquired was that the United States westernized and overruled the savage Indians (Flavin)‚ but these views certainly change over time. The first inhabitants of America were believed to be migrants from Asia about 12‚000 years ago. These Asian migrants spread across the Americas building all kinds
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Ancient Rome was undoubtably one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Although Rome did fall‚ its remnants can still be seen today. The Roman Coulessum‚ the aqueducts‚ and much more. But what If I told you that not all of their legacy remained on the physical? To further understand let us look at how Rome was governed. Though Rome was best known as an empire‚ and a republic‚ it actually started out with a king. This was when the Senate was first introduced. The Roman Senate was a group
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