A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling
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During the sixteenth century‚ Europe was heavily dependent on the Church for just about everything. The Catholic Church had a firm hold on any religious beliefs people held. Therefore‚ science only existed for the few people that dared to go against the normal religious teachings. Slowly‚ people began to break away from the uniform idea of religion and started to question many of the teachings of the Church. Also‚ Enlightenment thinkers got the ball rolling‚ calling out the corruptness of the Catholic
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Ch3 Review 1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were laborers. 2. By 1700‚ English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery because of a declining birthrate in England. 3. Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century‚ life expectancy in New England was unusually high. 4. In the seventeenth century‚ white women in colonial Chesapeake averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage. 5. Compared
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The systematic and cultural subordination of women in 16th century England is demonstrated in the relevant documents and ancillary materials provided for this assignment. A tacit agreement on the inferiority of the female gender in this time heavily contributed to the objectification and abuse of women. Elizabeth I stood as an exception to the social norms of her time‚ ruling as a single female. Elizabeth’s thoughts on her rule walk a fine line between the legitimization of these archaic beliefs
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Social 1. 1503 – The Encomienda was a system that allowed the Spanish to use forced labor. This allowed the Spain to grow rapidly and eventually led to the slave trade in America 2. Hidalgos were Spanish minor nobles who sought adventure and wealth in the New World. They allowed the Spanish settlements in America to grow and inspired others to travel to the New World 3. Peninsulares were Spanish born settlers living in the New World at the summit of the Colonial class system. They were favored by
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The Dominican Republic and Haiti once shared the Island of Hispaniola for five centuries‚ until the Dominican Republic gain their independence from Haiti. Now the only thing separating these two islands is the Massacre River. The Massacre River was derived from the President of the Dominican Republic which ordered his troops to kill all Haitian people and descendants. This maybe a little confusing because the Dominican side of the island was under the rule of Spanish (Spain) and Haiti was rule by
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lack of resources‚ polluted rivers‚ and overpopulated landscapes‚ which led to a major crisis. Spain‚ a once fruitful empire was starting to weaken. Discovering and conquering the new world solved Spain’s problems. The New World was vast and had many resources that Spain desperately needed. These resources included gold‚ metals‚ lumber‚ food‚ and space to grow. I can see why the King and Queen of Spain chose to colonize this new land because it essentially saved their beloved empire. The growth
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as they may have been‚ the Roman Republic was no exception to this concept. Beginning around 133 BCE the Roman Empire began experiencing a drastic decline internally. A series of servile wars plagued the empire roughly between 140 BCE and 70 BCE‚ which caused massive internal turmoil the empire had never experienced before. Three wars were fought in a seventy year time span‚ each being deadlier that the last. On top of their own internal conflicts‚ the Republic fought a series of wars known as
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Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries of Europe‚ two nations‚ specifically France and England saw great changes in their forms of government and means of authority. After the death of Henry IV‚ France saw a great step towards absolutism with the work of Cardinal Richelieu‚ who was the advisor to King Louis XIII. He decreased the power of the Huguenots by taking away their military and political powers and also increased the taille‚ the annual tax by the Church to the public. England also saw changes to their
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question is how successful was this conference in making matters in Europe stable. To begin with‚ one of the aims of the congress was to bring peace to Europe. This meant that power had to be evenly distributed‚ balanced in other words. As a result‚ it was agreed that the five European powers (Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ France and United Kingdom) had to have an even share in the influence they have and the land they possessed too. As the other powers feared the return of a strong France‚ the country
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