background of the Spanish?s journey to the new world is one of personal gain‚ exploration‚ and religious conversion of the natives. In the 1500?s the first Spanish settlers set sail for the New World in search of the opportunity to start a new life. What they encountered was a friendly welcoming from the natives. Amongst the reasons Spanish settlers left their own country to go to a foreign land was in search of treasure‚ expansion of their empire and conversion of the natives to the Spanish version of
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PEOPLE AND REASONS FOR SETTLEMENT In 1607‚ The Susan Constant‚ Godspeed and Discovery landed in what would be known as Jamestown‚ named after King James I. There lived English landowners‚ skilled laborers‚ and people seeking profit. The founders of this colony was the Virginia Company and Sir Walter Raleigh. The settlement was created because the people hoped to find riches in the land (Gold)‚ spread Christianity‚ and to control land for England. After a few years Africans were brought from Africa
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the French settlements in New France in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in terms of TWO of the following: • Politics • Religion • Economic development! • Native American relations In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ both Spain and France had developed settlements of their own in the New World. The settlements in the Southwest developed by the Spanish were very different from the settlements developed by the French in New France.
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Bolivia‚ Peru and Mexico accounted for 85 percent of world production during the 1800s. Between 1900 and 1920 there was a 50 percent increase in global production of silver resulting from new discoveries in Australia‚ Central America and Europe. Today‚ the silver production is more than 671 million troy ounces per year. Silver breakthroughs like stream-assisted drilling
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Many of the european countries wanted in on the new world especially Spain. They wanted to expand their land and grow in wealth. Spain conquered many places in the new world and called it new Spain. Which included the western half of the US and down towards central america. There were other Spanish settlements down in southern america as well. As a result of their mass presence‚ they were responsible for the fall of both the Aztec empire and the Incan empire. They also wanted more wealth and they
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Los candidatos republicanos más favorecidos según su tono de voz De Jesús Del Toro | Pulso USA – lun‚ 10 ago 2015 Compartir10Tweet Imprimir Una de las preguntas comunes durante los procesos electorales es si un determinado candidato luce "presidencial": si su presencia‚ sus actitudes‚ sus ademanes‚ su vestir‚ su discurso están en sincronía‚ en realidad o en apariencia‚ con lo que la mayoría de la gente espera o quiere esperar de un presidente‚ con lo que mueve a un ciudadano a votar por determinado
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they called New England. The Spanish‚ however‚ had a higher interest in the Southwest. Because they lived in two separate areas‚ all aspects of life in their colonies were different. The two most obvious differences between the Spanish and English were in the areas of religion and economic development. Even in their homelands‚ Spain and England have very different forms of religion. It is no surprise that their religious differences transferred to their North American colonies. In "New Spain‚" the
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The New World discovery changed history forever. Trade‚ exploration‚ and wealth were all factors that drove 4 countries crazy trying to get their hands on it. The 4 countries of England‚ Spain‚ France and the Netherlands sped to create colonies in this new world. Although England eventually took over‚ the country that was the most successful in colonizing America was Spain because of its strong presence militarily and population wise‚ the strong connections they were able to create and hold‚ and
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While the Spanish settlement and the British settlement of the Americas shared some similar characteristics‚ they were also substantially different and carried out in entirely dissimilar manners. They might have had common goals in mind for themselves but these countries took entirely different routes in settling the Americas because of different motivating incentives that pushed their colonization of the New World. The Spanish were settling at first to mine for gold‚ and were successful at it
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