City and because of the information he provided‚ Francisco Coronado‚ A Spanish conquistador‚ was sent back north to search for treasure. All he found were Indians living in relatively meager conditions. By 1607 the Spanish had a settlement in Santa Fe‚ New Mexico and the first Texas settlement was established in 1682 near El Paso. By 1690 the Spanish became nervous of the French that were coming from Louisiana in the east and encroaching into east Texas. Because of the concern of this encroachment
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Indians) * Spanish Southwest * The Spanish sought to Christianize the Indians and also use them for forced labor. * Spanish tried to convert and exploit the Pueblo Indians in Southwest. * Encomienda system‚ missionary system * In Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ 1680 Pope’s Rebellion * The Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish for almost ten years after being forced to Catholicism. ( when they came back‚ the compromise was that they would be half Catholic and the other half would be their
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Bolivar succeeded as a liberator‚ but fell short in his ultimate dream to unify his beloved continent. In his fictional novel‚ "The General and His Labyrinth"‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez narrates the General’s two year journey down the Magdalena River from Santa Fe de Bogota‚ Colombia to the sea. Throughout his voyage‚ the General recalls historical memories‚ powerful emotions‚ and passionate nights. Though Marquez’s account of Bolivar’s final two years of life is fictional‚ he captures many of his "larger
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Polk hoped that once American had beaten Mexico enough‚ he could get California and end the war‚ and the recently dethroned Santa Anna told the U.S. that if he could return to Mexico‚ he would take over the government‚ end the war‚ and give California to the U.S. He lied. In the Southwest‚ U.S. operations led by Stephen W. Kearny (led 1700 troops from Leavenworth to Santa Fe) and John C. Fremont
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territory. As a territory in the Nineteenth Century‚ Kansas was a part of a network of trails. Examples of those trails were the Oregon Trail‚ the Santa Fe Trail‚ and numerous military trails that the United States Army used to resupply the forts across Kansas to protect the wagon trains moving settlers on the Oregon Trail and trade goods along the Santa Fe. Another trail came into Kansas and it was spoken in whispers by abolitionists seeking to move runaway slaves to the freedom of Canada. That trail
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References: Reference Lombardi‚ Victor‚ Noises Between Stations‚ retrieved form the World Wide Web via http://noisebetweenstations.com/personal/essays/DesignThinking-Business/ Santa Fe University of Art and Design‚ Bachelor of Arts in Creative Business retrieved 6/10/11 from the World Wide Web via http://learn.santafeuniversity.edu Sylver‚ Brianna‚ What does “Innovation” really mean? Industrial Design SupersiteCORE77‚ 2011
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John H. Eaton a federally funded exploration of the West‚ but to no avail. Smith informed Eaton that he was completing a map of the West derived from his own journeys. In May‚ Smith and his partners launched a planned para-military trading party to Santa Fe. On May 27‚ while searching for water in present-day southwest Kansas‚ Smith
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countries‚ which was a great learning experience. I participated in games and activities like throwing tomahawk‚ Fly Fishing‚ Archery‚ Muzzle Loading Rifles‚ enjoyed the Sweat Lodge‚ visited some famous sites like the pioneer Kit Carson’s home along the Santa Fe Trail‚ helped the staff at Carson Meadows with a search and rescue mission‚ learned how to homestead at Crooked Creek‚ enjoyed mountain living‚ visited the wreckage of a B24 bomber that crashed while on a training mission in 1942 that can only be
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The Life of Fritz Scholder and His Art Art takes many forms. You can see it in the form of a movie‚ a painting‚ a photo‚ or even hear it in the form of music. The world of art is vast and diverse so it is impossible to see it all. An artist that commonly slides under the radar of many current young Americans is Fritz Scholder‚ and that is a shame due to his amazing ability to create beautiful pieces of art by painting stereotypes of Native Americans. Scholder accomplished an insane amount of achievements
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She argues that Castillo’s use of exaggerative language really emphasizes the emotion of the characters. We can see these illustrated with the way Castillo uses selective words to name the main characters. Sofi’s four daughters are symbolically named: Fe which means faith‚ Caridad meaning charity‚ Esperanza meaning hope‚ and La
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