Spanish American war By: Elijah Fitton On April 21‚ 1898‚ the United States declared war against Spain. ... The reasons for war were many‚ but there were two immediate ones: America’s support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule‚ and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. Spanish-American War definition. A war between Spain and the United States‚ fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain would not have had the time and money to sponsor an unprecedented ocean voyage. Although religious unrest at home caused the King and Queen to decline the voyage sponsorship three times‚ eventually‚ after eight long‚ anticipating years for one Italian‚ religious ideology‚ financial gains‚ and Columbus’ talent at sea is what drove the two monarchs to finally fund the voyage of Christopher Columbus. Before 1492‚ Spain consisted of small ruling kingdoms‚ and
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Introduction The impact of the Internet on travel agencies Rob Law Kenith Leung and James Wong The authors Rob Law‚ Kenith Leung and James Wong are all Faculty Members in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong. Keywords Leisure activities‚ International travel‚ Tourism‚ Internet‚ Online databases‚ Hong Kong Abstract This paper examines tourist perceptions of the potential for the elimination of travel agencies
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While modern day Spain is known as singular country governed under a King and a Prime Minister‚ it has not always been like that‚ particularly in the 15th century. What we call Spain today was divided into many different kingdoms centuries ago‚ the most powerful being the kingdom of Castile. In the year 1474‚ Castile’s King‚ Henry IV passed away leaving the throne unoccupied and open to be seized. While many thought the most obvious and rightful successor to the throne was Henry’s daughter‚ Joanna
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3) Chapter 20: Late Medieval And Early Renaissance Northern Europe a. The Renaissance in Northern Europe in the 15th century 4) Chapter 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain a. The Renaissance in Northern Europe in the 16th century 5) Chapter 24: The Baroque in Italy and Spain a. The Baroque 6) Chapter 25: The Baroque in Northern Europe a. The Baroque 7) Erwin Panofsky‚ "Iconography and Iconology" (on reserve) 8) Chapter 26: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18th Century
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Business Project Topic: Apple Computers Introduction Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ including a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. Its most popular hardware products are the series of Mac computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone‚ and the
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Which Mediterranean civilization has been most influential to current Spain? The constitutional monarchy of Spain is a country of many facets and that has been shaped throughout history by a myriad of influential civilizations. From the pre-Roman Celtic and Iberian culture‚ to Romans‚ Carthaginians‚ Phoenicians‚ Greeks‚ and Islam. All have left their mark on contemporary Spain. Arguably the most influential civilizations that shaped the Spanish Peninsula were the Romans and Islamic rulers. Nevertheless
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Bernal Diaz de Castillo did not hold any type of leadership within his community; however‚ he was intelligent enough to know a new world apart from an old one. The New Spain that Castillo and his conquest mates experienced eventually led to the publication of his memoirs and witnessing experience. When Castillo witnessed New Spain for the first time‚ he remembered the god-forsaken words relayed through the enemies of the Aztecs‚ which was that the Aztecs would obliterate them once they had entered
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They also had a vast territory to administer stretching from Hudson Bay in Canada to the Mississippi River. Spain began to establish settlements in California in 1769‚ but these were too weak to cause any contention. France would be eager for revenge and inhabitants in acquired territories might prove to be disloyal to the British and cause conflict. England had
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The macro environment of the Western European brewing industry was analyse using the PESTEL framework to understand and assess the impact of the various external factors namely political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and legal. Political At the beginning of the 21st century the European governments forbear dynamic participation in the beer industry‚ which was considered as an important part of government revenues‚ moreover all this government started big campaigns against alcoholism
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