was a Portuguese explorer born in Northern Portugal in 1492. His parents ‚ were very wealthy and powerful and members of the portuguese nobility but died when he was only 10 years old. Before he became an explorer Magellan was first a soldier. During a Battle Magellan lost an eye after being shot in it and was injured and lost his leg‚ the wooden leg given to him didn’t fit properly causing him to walk with a limp. He sailed for his native Portugal‚ but a dispute with the Portuguese King
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America should colonize South America because the American economy will be better off‚ and it will give America the chance to get more natural resources. America should colonize South America will increase America’s economy. South America is home to one-quarter of the world’s iron‚ which was valued at approximately $26.9 billion in 2009 (South America: Resources‚ N/D). If America has control of one-quarter of the world’s copper they will not have to buy as much from other nations‚ so America will
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Do you think in the year 2030 that the United States government should colonize South America? If so‚ then you do not know the negative effects that it can cause. Some of the negative effects is that it can cause a civil war and can make people die from different diseases. In the year of 2030 the United States government has decided to try and colonize struggling countries in South America. The United States should not colonize struggling countries in 2030 because it would take away the people
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Middle and South America is very important. In most areas of Middle and South America their economies rely heavily on tourism. Middle and South America offer several different resources that help appeal to tourists around the world wanting to visit the area. The importance of tourism is very beneficial to locals of Middle and South America since they rely on tourism as ways to earn money. Tourism is such an important factor of the lifestyle of the people that live in Middle and South America since that
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Thesis Statement: America should not colonize South America because people will suffer‚ and groups of different people could be made that create more violence. Body Paragraph #1 Topic Sentence: The people of South America would suffer if America would colonize them. Supporting Evidence #1: “However‚ he licensed companies that brutally exploited Africans by forcing them to collect sap from rubber plants. At least 10 million Congolese died due to the abuses inflicted during Leopold’s rule.”World history:
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country sets up a colony in another country the act of setting up a colony away from one’s place of origin. The United States should not colonize the struggling countries of South America because they may rebel against this idea‚ it could negatively affect their lives‚ and this action could cause conflict between other governments. South American countries may rebel against the idea of colonizing them. A good example of a group rebelling against colonization would be “As in Nigeria‚ Africans across the
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When the Spanish founded Colonial Latin America‚ the cultures socially‚ physically‚ and politically united to form a new society. The Spanish‚ Indians‚ and African slaves attempted to embed their homeland’s culture into this new society. This formed a clash of cultures because each came with its own set of norms. The go-betweens played a pivotal role during encounters between the cultures acting as interpreters and the Jesuits as Christian converters. As colonial Latin America society was forming
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The expansion of the Portuguese Overseas Empire to include Macau is an example of colonialism. The colony of Macau is of particular interest as it was Europe’s first presence in East Asia and the last colony to leave the region. Portuguese colonization of Macau was slow. The first contact was in 1513 when Jorge Alvares and his crew anchored on the Pearl River Delta and claimed the land for Manuel I (Russel-Wood‚ 1998). Initially‚ the Portuguese established a trading port‚ once they were given Chinese
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Economic Concern in South America American InterContinental University Abstract I am an employee of the World Bank. I was recently asked to conduct some research of an economic concern in a country in South America. After narrowing down my choices‚ I decided to take a closer look at Brazil. As a part of my research‚ I will be looking at their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). During this time‚ I will specifically be looking for relationship between their GDP and their
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Discussion Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Caribbean islands and Central America was one of the most important discoveries in the history of the world because it sparked an explorative‚ competitive fire within the hearts of Europeans. Not only did his journey take him to new uncharted waters‚ but it began an era in which Europe would begin to expand their empire 3‚000 miles across the Atlantic to the Americas. Usually this would not be easy‚ and it was not‚ but the Europeans had several factors
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