San Elizario is a town with colorful history‚ beginning with saying that it presented the first Thanksgiving in the U.S also for‚ The San Elizario Presidio chapel‚ Billy the kid jail‚ and Los Portales‚ this are just some of the places in this town with rich history. It’s a town located southeast from downtown El Paso. It all started by 1531‚ when Hernan Cortez had conquered the Aztec Empire. The Spaniards started migrating to the north by 1535 Alvar Nunes Cabeza de Vaca and his group were exploring
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colonial stake in Latin America invaded and conquered Mexico. He installed Archduke Maximilian of Austria as puppet emperor of Mexico on June 12‚ 1864. 7. Because of the raging American Civil War President Juarez cannot obtain military aid from his friend president Lincoln. 8. Battle of Queretaro – President Juarez with the help of the US troops defeated the Maximilian forces and executed Emperor Maximilian. Thus fizzled out Napoleon’s ambition to colonize Latin America. 9. The Birth
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Written by Alexis De Tocqueville‚ Democracy in America critiques American customs through observations. (reword) Tocqueville examines the vast differences between his own‚ French‚ culture and the new‚ unrefined culture that is fostering in America. He observes in mystified awe at racial relations between not only the Native Americans and the Europeans‚ but the Africans that were recently brought to America. The race relations which present themselves in America are inconsistent with that in Europe
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José Chávez Morado‚ born in 1909‚ was one of the greatest 20th century Mexican muralists‚ focused on political and social factors of the Mexican revolution and embraced his heritage much like Dr. Atl had wanted for all Mexican artists. He was the last of one of the greatest 20th century muralists‚ who greatly influenced Mexican styled art. This paper will discuss his life journey‚ accomplishments‚ and two of his great works/murals. The purpose of this is to gain insight on one of the 20th centuries
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José Rizal’s parents‚ Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II (1818-1898) and Teodora Morales Alonso Realonda y Quintos (1827-1911)‚ were prosperous farmers who were granted lease of a hacienda and an accompanying rice farm by the Dominicans. Rizal was the seventh child of their eleven children namely: Saturnina (1850-1913)‚ Paciano (1851-1930)‚ Narcisa (1852-1939)‚ Olympia (1855-1887)‚ Lucia (1857-1919)‚ Maria (1859-1945)‚ José Protasio (1861-1896)‚ Concepcion (1862-1865)‚ Josefa (1865-1945)
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8 August 2013 Hon. DEL R. DE GUZMAN Mayor Marikina City Hall Marikina City Dear Hon. De Guzman: Greetings from the General Parents Teachers Association (GPTA) of Concepcion Integrated School! The Concepcion Integrated School at the beginning of the school year had elected new officials for the General Parents Teachers Association for the school year 2013 to 2014. We are very positive and aggressive that this school year will really make a difference in the implementation and performance of the
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The Americas are usually referred to as the New World because they weren’t discovered until 1492‚ and no one in Eurasia and Africa knew of this landmass. Both North and South America were colonized by European countries; North America by the English and the French‚ and South America by the Spanish and the Portuguese. Although they were both colonized by Europeans‚ North and South America are quite different in terms of economy‚ political structure‚ and culture. Geographical factors‚ such as climate
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European countries invaded and established colonies throughout the Americas. However‚ each of these countries had unique approaches and developments throughout their colonies. Spain and Portugal decided to colonize South America and both created involved governments. There were many representatives from the mother countries in order to constantly keep order. On the other hand‚ French and Dutch colonies were placed in Northern America and the Caribbean regions respectively. However‚ they didn’t set
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San Marino‚ officially known as the Republic of San Mario‚ is a small state located on the Italian Peninsula. In fact‚ it is the third smallest country in Europe‚ preceded only by the Vatican and Monaco. Although landlocked by Italy‚ it is an independent state that takes up a mere 61 square kilometers. Its capital is the City of San Marino. It has a rugged terrain‚ due to its location near to the Apennine Mountains‚ There is no natural level ground; it is composed completely of hilly terrain. The
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Jose Rizal: The Warrior By: Eskabo Daan *Main Image courtesy of FMAPulse.com; Jose Rizal (right) fencing with Juan Luna (Left) Jose Rizal is best known as the National Hero of the Philippines. Through his intellect and passion‚ he wrote two of the most influential books in history‚ “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo‚” and sparked the Philippine revolution. But is it possible that one of the most honored Filipino intellectuals was also one of the earliest integrated martial artists and
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