Spanish Colonization (1521 - 1898) Early Spanish expeditions The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorerFerdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan was killed by natives‚ led by a local
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deep-pit cooking‚ funerals‚ strategy in way‚ reciprocal gift-giving (chenchule’) and sports seems to have Southeast Asian origins. The first historical document relating the general physical features of the ancient Chamorros‚ written by Pifigetta in 1521‚ described them as being tall‚ big-boned‚ and robust with tawny brown skin and long black hair. A typical adult male was five feet six inches tall. The present day Chamorros are mixtures of various ethnic compositions
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Oxygen – Carbon dioxide Cycle The Carbon Dioxide- Oxygen Cycle relates to the relationship between Carbon Dioxide [CO2] breathing plants and Oxygen [O2] breathing life forms. All oxygen-breathing life forms take in Oxygen and exhale CO2. Plants take in the CO2 and use it in their photosynthesis process and in turn give off oxygen. The Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle is a continuously occurring process whereby animals inhale Oxygen and then exhale carbon dioxide‚ and plants use the CO2 and "exhale"
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the first humans using rafts or primitive boats‚ at least 67‚000 years ago as the 2007 discovery of Callao Man showed.[1] The first recorded visit from the West is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan‚ who sighted the island of Samar Island on March 16‚ 1521 and landed on Homonhon Island (now part of Guiuan‚ Eastern Samar province) the next day. Homonhon Island is southeast of Samar Island.[2] Before Magellan arrived‚ Negrito tribes inhabited the isles‚ who were subsequently joined and largely supplanted
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criticized in cooperation the Medici regime and the succeeding democracy he had served and brashly advised the pope to fix the republic‚ replacing the unstable mixture of democracy and principality subsequently prevailing. in a while thereafter‚ in May 1521‚ he was sent for two weeks to the Franciscan episode at Carpi‚ somewhere he better his capacity to “reason about silence.” Machiavelli faced a dilemma about how to disclose the candor about the emerge of the Medici in Florence without offending his
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scholar‚ and linguist‚ and wanted to study theology. While he was very skeptical of how long it took to be able to study the Bible‚ he completed the training and was able to study the Bible. In order to set his plan to action‚ he went to Cambridge in 1521‚ and went to London in 1523‚ both times being turned down‚ either by lack of support or criticism of
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In 1521 Spain claim ownership of the indigenous land‚ the greatest Aztec city‚ Tenochtitlan after being was defeated that very year‚ ending Aztec civilisation. Spain renamed their new territory as New Spain. On behalf of the Spanish crown many ventured to find new grand territories‚ also seeking gold. Spain spread its control by wanting to convert the indigenous people to Christianity creating cultural genocide assuring a change in religions. Spain instilled a social control over New Spain. To
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The reformation was a key event in history; it changed the power and decreased the influence of the roman church on people’s life‚ it gave us as people power and choice. During the Protestant reformation some key things that changed the power and influence of the Catholic Church were the reduction of influence cause by the roman church‚ the printing of bibles for people so they can read the bible for themselves and the reformation gave us power over our religion and how we go about following it.
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Dalton Brown 10/7/12 Mrs Holly Core 4 Born in 1450‚ Bartolomeu Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and he was in charge of the Royal Warehouse in Lisbon. He sailed through the west coast of Africa. Since he did that he opened the sea route to asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Bartolomeu Dias was sent in this voyage to reach two main purposes‚ first to reach and find a new
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Figures of the Renaissance Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was a leader of the Renaissance and a benefactor to modern science. The results of his voyage around the globe were such that the average person living during the Renaissance re-thought their paradigms of the world surrounding them‚ even know most scholars and other educated types knew that in fact‚ the world was round in shape. Ferdinand‚ however‚ proved it. Thus he lays claim to having circumnavigated the first voyage around
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