Christopher Columbus. Although a perceived successful leader and a determined one‚ he lacked the ability to think for the welfare of his supporters. During the period of Columbus’ discovery of the Bahamas‚ he needed a way to show his sponsor‚ Queen Isabella‚ that his mission was not in vain. He discovered that the natives were not valuable as slaves because of their lack of immunities from common European diseases. Columbus set the island’s inhabitants to work looking for gold. Columbus forced his crew
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by sailing west he would find a quicker and easier route to the East. Like everyone else‚ he thought that the earth was smaller than it is‚ and like all other Europeans at that time‚ he did not know about the existence of America. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promised Columbus that if he succeeded he would be given the rank of “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” and appointed Viceroy and Governor of all the new lands he could claim for Spain. Columbus was to be believed as a greedy man; however he did promise
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and considered him crazy to assume that the ocean was only 75 leagues. Fortunately for Columbus he meets a sea captain by the name of Pinzon who had connections to the Queen of Granada. He tells Columbus that he can set up a meeting with Queen Isabella in their efforts to try to get her to approve it and be the finical provider for the project. The queen is extremely interested in their proposal and offers Columbus a contract. The contract being that he will be governor of the land he finds‚ also
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another person who wanted to make a permanent religion change. This man happened to be Pope Innocent VIII‚ who happened to be in charge of the Catholic Church. In the year or 1486‚ Pope Innocent VIII had signed a treaty with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain that Catholicism would be the only region of the new territories. After this was decided; it became a mission to convert all natives into Catholics (Brinkley‚ pg.15-16). Soon enough the religion was spread throughout New England. Once all
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The Portuguese believed that Columbus was mistaken and had actually landed near the Canary Islands‚ which was Portuguese territory. He then sent a threatening letter to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I‚ forcing them to honor the Treaty of Alcaçovas. According to‚ The Treaty of Alcaçovas‚ signed September 4th 1479‚ “That neither… will they disturb [nor] trouble the said King and Prince of in their possession or quasi possession all the trade‚
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different belief systems including Catholicism‚ Islam‚ Protestantism and Judaism. Following the Crusades and the Reconquest of Spain by the Christian Spaniards the leaders of Spain needed a way to unify the country into a strong nation. Ferdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. They began by driving out Jews‚ Protestants and other non-believers.In 1483 Tomas de Torquemada became the inquisitor-general
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Isabella Van Wagner is known for “Aint I a woman” speech given in Akron Ohio at the women’s rights convention given in 1851 on racial inequalities. There have been books written about her such as “Aint I a Woman” by bell hooks‚ Sojourner Truth: A life‚ a symbol by Neil Irvin Painter how she is represented as a woman that stood for Africana Womanism and she did not just stand up for women‚ and also men as well against the racial white supremacy‚ and her trails in slavery loosing a child due to forced
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One of the chief disagreements amongst critics with respect to Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights has been Catherine’s decision to marry Edgar instead of Heathcliff. Her reasons to marry Edgar Linton foreshadow the beginning of the end as complete chaos breaks out hereafter; nonetheless‚ her rationale did seem just at the time. Heathcliff’s love for Catherine is blind‚ and Catherine‚ is to some extent the same‚ as she decides to marry Edgar for Heathcliff’s benefit and this explains why Heathcliff
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Filipa Moniz Perestrelo‚ the daughter of a governor‚ Columbus attempted to convince the royalty Portugal to fund his ambitious expedition‚ but they refused. Despite this refusal Columbus persisted‚ and approached the king and queen Ferdinand and Isabella with his scheme. For seven years he endeavored to secure funding‚ and finally he
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different times for different rulers. Columbus first set sail in 1492‚ whereas Cabeza De Vaca set sailed in 1527. Columbus searched for a route to Asia‚ but instead ended up in a land filled with native Indians. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella‚ who during that time were Spanish monarchs. Several years later‚ Cabeza De Vaca was recruited for the expedition to be the expedition’s treasurer. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella’s Grandson‚ Charlves V. He traveled to North America from
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