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    The Spanish-American War

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    American standpoint‚ because there were few negative results‚ and so many significantly positive consequences‚ John Jay was correct in calling the Spanish-American War a "splendid little war." The defeat of the Spanish forces marked the end of their rule in the Americas and also marked the rise of the United States as a global military power. The Spanish-American War affected the United States in a number of other ways. It helped speed the construction of the Panama Canal and also resulted in the U

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    Language‚ Culture‚ and Philippine History Leslie E. Bauzon‚ "Influence of the Spanish Culture‚" translated to Nihonggo and published as "Firipin bunka eno Supein no eikyo" in Shizuo Suzuki and Shinzo Hayase (eds.)‚ TONAN AZIA NO JITEN FIRIPIN (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTHEAST ASIA: PHILIPPINES)‚ Kyoto: Dohosha‚ 1991. Pp. 195-196. Spain colonized the Philippines from 1565 to 1898. The Spaniards ruled the Filipinos for 333 years. Spanish influence on the Philippines and the Filipino inhabitants was immediately

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    Spanish Cultural Dimensions. Through this report‚ based on the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions‚ we will try to clarify the main features of the Spanish culture. To get this target we will use a few proverbs or traditional expressions from Spain and relate them to Hofstede’s theory. This way we will be able to understand and know a little bit more about how is the Spanish culture and how it differentiates from other cultures. The first proverb we are going to use says: “La union hace la fuerza”

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    Defeat of Spanish Armada

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    When she heard that the Spanish were coming she went to tilbury and made a famous speech. She said “My loving people‚ we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety‚ to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes‚ for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear‚ I have always so behaved myself that‚ under God‚ I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my

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    Spanish Moro Wars

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    Spanish–Moro Wars The Spanish–Moro Conflict was a series of wars lasting over several centuries from the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Philippines‚ to the Spanish–American War when Spain finally began to subjugate Moroland after centuries of failing to do so. Wars during the 1600s[edit] Background[edit] The Moros had a history of resistance against Spanish‚ American‚ and Japanese rule for over 400 years. The violent armed struggle against the Japanese‚ Filipinos‚ Spanish‚ and Americans is

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    Spanish Conquest DBQ

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    The Spanish conquest of the Americas was heavily impacted by the cultural demographic and economic change. This led the Spanish to becoming very powerful. The Spanish conquest Was effected by the demographic change. The Spaniards killed off most of the native population. They killed off most of the natives so that they could acquire their gold. Their land was very rich and the natives were very easy to kill off. They did not know about guns so they were ambushed by them. They also weren’t immune

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    Cuba Spanish Rule

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    America’s neighbor Cuba offered a unique range of crops and business possibilities. Originally Cuba was under the Spanish rule‚ and evidence supports the claim that many cubans did not want to be under the spanish rule for several reasons. This eventually lead to some cubans migrating from Cuba to Florida and other parts of the United States. Cuba struggled to gain independence from the Spanish. In 1890’s The United States prepared it’s navy and sent a battleship by the name of USS Maine to Havana Cuba

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    The reason for this experiment was to figure out which solution would prevent the apples from browning the most and to determine if pH has an effect on the prevention of browning of the apples. My hypothesis stated that white grape juice would prevent the apples from browning the most. This hypothesis was refuted‚ lemon was actually the solution that prevented the browning of the apples the most. Before the apples were dipped in the solution‚ the average rating of the apples on a scale of 0 to 5

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    The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English are the European countries that settled in the Americas by colonizing the area. The Spanish colonized the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ Incas‚ some parts of the South America and Southwest of North America‚ the French colonized Canada‚ the Dutch colonized New Netherland‚ and the English colonized Virginia and Plymouth among the others. Christopher Columbus sailed to earn money and recognition and spread Christianity and by liberating Jerusalem from Muslim rule. When he

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    Robert Wiebe

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    In his groundbreaking work The Search for Order 1877-1920‚ Robert Wiebe seeks to prove that the drastic changes seen in America at the turn of the century were not disconnected singular events. Instead there was a singular “deep-flowing current‚ which gave unity and meaning to the period as a whole” (VII). This current was the shift from small town American and their values to the new bureaucratically-minded middle class and the development of values to help cope with this new focus of society

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