start a settlement they became the most powerful. There are many factors that helped the English become the power country. One of the factors that helped the English is that they recruited people that weren’t afraid of hard work. Most of these people were “middle class farmers‚ artisans‚ and tradesmen. Indentured servants‚ specialists in certain areas (sawmill workers‚ lumbermen)‚ and convicted criminals were also brought over” (Colonization). They English were interest in making settlements that would
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To what extent was the acquisition of the new world economically good for Spain Spain wanted a lot of things. It wanted to expand its knowledge of the world that they had never seen. They also wanted to have a larger empire‚ find spices and other riches‚ and expand Christianity. The fundamental aspect of the voyages that were undergone by Spain was to acquire gold and silver to pay for their wars with the Turkish Empire. Beginning with Columbus in 1492 and continuing for nearly 350 years‚ Spain
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The Spanish Inquisition became an infamous event in history that would interest and shock people for centuries to come. King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella of Spain started the Spanish Inquisition in September of 1480; however‚ it was two years earlier in the November of 1478 that Pope Sixtus IV actually authorized the two monarchs to set up and start the Inquisition. (The Spanish Inquisition‚ n.d.) The Inquisition mostly dealt with the conversos‚ or "Jews who had converted either under duress
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of the Americas was economic‚ including trade and the acquisition of wealth. Christopher Columbus’s (1451–1506) original impetus in sailing west from Europe was seeking a new passage to Asia to facilitate trade for Europeans. Although Columbus was incorrect about finding such a direct route‚ he did make contact with the New World and found a number of possibilities for economic gain. These included acquiring gold‚ precious metals‚ and mineral wealth both from Native Americans and through the actions
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1. Was the Spanish American War in fact a "splendid little war"? What was splendid about it? Yes it was in fact a “splendid little war”. There were a few things that made the Spanish American Was receive that nickname. The war lasted only 115 days and the death outcome was far less than any other war. The United States gained Puerto Rick as well as Guam and other islands in the pacific. In the book it stated that “If ever there were a good war‚ it was the Spanish-American war. The war ended with
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The American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World retells the story about the invasion and occupation of the Americas by western Europeans‚ but it is told in a way that I have never heard before. From the first Spanish assault against the Arawak people to the US army’s massacre of the Sioux Indians‚ the indigenous inhabitants of north and south America have endured a great deal of racism slavery‚ cruelty‚ brutality‚ and murder. Author David Stannard does an excellent job of putting everything
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early as 1533‚ a debate arose in Madrid‚ Spain’s capital‚ over whether or not descendants of Spanish men and Indian or African women should be acknowledged by the Crown and educated as servant of the empire. Skin color mattered to the Spanish. There was no word for mixed-race people in the Spanish language in the mid-sixteenth century‚ there was only an official measurement of blood mixture‚ the Spanish based their definitions of race and social belonging to Limpieza de Sangre‚ the purity of
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why did the spanish armada fail? The Spanish Armada failed for a number of reasons here are some of the reasons. English ships had better artillery because Spanish cannons could only fire once an hour while the English cannons can fire every three minutes. Also the Spanish didn’t have enough trained gunners to use the cannons so they had to use normal soilders to control the cannons. The English had smaller and faster ships so they can easily weave in and out of the Spanish ships. While the
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Comparison of literary elements of Brave New World and Childhood’s End Ever wonder what is awaiting the human race in the future? Aldous Huxley once said‚ “There are things known and there are things unknown‚ and in between are the doors of perception” (“Aldous Huxley”). And the doors of perception are exactly what the readers will walk through while reading these two intricate and imaginative novels. Arthur C. Clarke‚ Childhood’s End‚ and Aldous Huxley‚ Brave New World‚ definitely express their extrem
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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