By the third voyage‚ Spain was at war with France ‚so the King and Queen made a cautious investment to support yet another voyage. By Columbus’ fourth and final voyage on May 9‚ 1502 Columbus began to call himself christbearer because he genuinely thought his life was divinely guided. This showed how highly Columbus thought about himself by his many accomplishments for Spain. During this fourth journey‚ Columbus went from island to island in the Caribbean ‚but by June 1503 he and his crew became
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Mussolini’s government in that the Nazi’s were all the more racially biased and trusted that it was their destiny to make the world subject to the superior German people. They were especially cruel to the Jewish‚ which was demonstrated after they began to exterminate every one of the Jews inside central Europe after world war II
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and the most hated of all: Jews. Along with these groups‚ the sick Germans were removed from the German society as well‚ because they hurt Hitler’s vision of an invincible race. Hitler did not care about unless you were part of his perfect society. He ended up starving and killing most of those whom he did not like. Due to Hitler’s actions causing the Holocaust‚ a new concept arose throughout the world that had never been thought upon before: Genocide. The Holocaust officially begins on January
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How did music begin? What did the first music sound like? Music is all around us and is a large part of many of our lives. It exists in every culture across the globe. Yet‚ we often don’t stop to think about how music came to occupy this position. Who first thought of music? Who produced the first melodies and songs? How did music develop as such an important aspect of our lives? The search for answers to these questions leads us thousands of years into the past. Harper playing before Shu Scholars
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Secretary of the Soviet Union. Before Gorbachev assumed power‚ the Soviet Union was Communist in name‚ however it did not emulate Communist values. Citizens were strictly controlled‚ as what they read‚ watched and said was monitored. Citizens were monitored even more about what they can see about their government and country‚ in order to prevent rebellion or resistance. As Gorbachev began his rule‚ he recognized that reforms were clearly necessary. Gorbachev introduced many new ideas and guidelines
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who change the music during the classical period . He also was genius as an infant . Mozart’s opera “ Don Giovanni” shows how his work was really unique as‚ thru this opera it told a story of a man who was troublemaker and was always finding ways not to get caught up but eventually it had to stop and it did not end in a good way as he was sent to hell. This opera showed the how stark human tragedy and a touch of comedy with uproaring moments can be successful as Mozart had done. Mozart made twenty-four
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started in the U.S. to help with farming in the South. Southern landowners needed more labor to help with farming so they started to use slaves. The use of slaves also helped their economy because farming was the basis of Southern economy. Slavery first began in the Jamestown Colony. Slaves in the colonies were laborers‚ artisans‚ drivers‚ etc. But there was violence between races as slaves rebelled. When slaves revolted colonists had them severely punished which showed that they would do anything to keep
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The Renaissance began during the 13th-16th century. “The word Renaissance itself means rebirth” Stability was being re-instituted into the Peninsula‚ mainly through the Roman Empire with a system now called feudalism‚ creating a new city. Bringing about the flowering of architecture‚ literature‚ religion‚ education‚ and art‚ the Printing Press was perhaps the most important development of the Renaissance. Rulers during the 13th century were referred to as Merchants. It was not uncommon to often
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have made the successes that they did. I believe that George Washington‚ our very first President‚ had the biggest of successes. He had to figure out how to run a country. He had no one to look up to. He did everything on his own. Being the first‚ and not having experience‚ I think he didn’t do that bad of a job. Another one of Washington’s successes was that he led the Continental Army. He led the army into victory. Winning a war is a major success. Not only did Washington participate in the war
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At the time‚ India did not contained a central government‚ which attracted foreign countries to place their trading bases. The British East India Company took control of the country and also established the Raj. They contained an elaborate hierarchy of officials that was established to enforce its rule‚ the monarchy was supported by thousands of civil servants. The British did not deliberately set out to make India’s people change their existing
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